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Drunk driving / Mike Wilson, book editor. - Detroit : Greenhaven Press : Thomson/Gale, c2007. - 116 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 25 cm. - Introducing issues with opposing viewpoints .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 106-109) and index.

Foreword -- Introduction -- Is drunk driving a serious problem? -- Drunk driving is a serious problem / Jeanne Mejeur -- The drunk driving problem is overstated / Ed Haas -- Society is too complacent about drunk driving / Rick Popely -- Society overreacts to drunk driving / Radley Balko -- How can drunk driving be prevented? -- Sobriety checkpoints reduce drunk driving / National Highway Traffic Safety Administration -- Sobriety checkpoints do not reduce drunk driving / John Doyle -- Alcohol-monitoring ankle bracelets deter repeat drunk driving / Kim Bell -- Alcohol-monitoring ankle bracelets are untested / Patrick T. Barone -- Enforcing underage drinking laws can reduce drunk driving / Insurance Institute for Highway Safety -- Chronic drunk drivers require a comprehensive approach / National Commission Against Drunk Driving -- How should laws change to discourage drunk driving? -- A higher drinking age reduces drunk driving fatalities / Robert Voas -- The drinking age should be lowered / David J. Hanson -- Lower blood alcohol content limits reduce drunk driving / Gina Stoduto -- Blood alcohol content limits should be higher / National Motorists Association -- Mandatory ignition interlock laws will reduce drunk driving / Haya el Nasser -- Interlock ignition programs are not always effective at reducing drunk driving / David J. De Young, Helen N. Tashima, and Scott V. Masten -- Facts about drunk driving -- Organizations to contact -- For further reading -- Index -- Picture credits -- About the editor.

Library Media Connection starred, August 2006

Contains fourteen articles that provide opposing viewpoints on issues related to drunk driving, debating questions of whether drunk driving is a serious problem, how drunk driving can be prevented, and how laws should be changed to discourage drunk driving.

Young Adult Follett Library Resources

0737736216

2006031761


Drunk driving.
Drunk driving--Prevention.

HE5620.D72 / D783 2007

363.12/51

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