Along for the Ride. Passengers Riding with Impaired Drinking Drivers

描述（由申请人提供）：这项拟议的研究将使用2007年国家路边调查（NRS）的数据，这是一个最近完成的数据集，代表了周末美国司机及其乘客的饮酒情况。2007年NRS包括与驾驶员调查同步的乘客调查，2007年NRS提供了一个独特的机会，以了解乘客在受损驾驶中未得到充分研究的作用，旨在更好地了解乘客可能成为受损驾驶的风险或预防因素的因素和机制。此外，通过提供有关司机饮酒模式及其药物消耗的信息，这项研究还将提供与显示AUDs和/或药物消耗的司机一起乘坐的乘客特征的急需信息。这项研究提供的信息将填补目前的知识空白，可用于开发新的干预途径，特别是针对最容易与饮酒司机一起乘车的人群。 公共卫生相关性：这项研究将获得有关乘客在受损驾驶中未充分研究的作用的知识，旨在更好地了解乘客可能成为受损驾驶的风险或预防因素的因素和机制。我们希望这项研究提供的信息将填补目前的知识空白，可用于开发新的干预途径，特别是针对最容易与饮酒司机一起乘车的人群。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposed study will use data from the 2007 National Roadside Survey (NRS), a recently completed data set representative of the drinking condition of weekend U.S. drivers and their passengers. The 2007 NRS includes a passenger survey synchronized with a driver survey, the 2007 NRS provides a unique opportunity to gain knowledge about the understudied role of passengers in impaired driving, aiming for a better understanding of the factors and mechanisms by which a passenger could become either a risk or a prevention factor for impaired driving. Furthermore, by providing information on the drivers' drinking patterns as well as on his/her drug consumption, this study will also provide much needed information on the characteristics of passengers riding with drivers showing AUDs and/or drug consumption. The information provided by this study will fill a current gap in knowledge that could be used to develop new avenues for interventions, in particular for populations most vulnerable to riding with a drinking driver. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This study will gain knowledge about the understudied role of passengers in impaired driving, aiming for a better understanding of the factors and mechanisms by which a passenger could become either a risk or a prevention factor for impaired driving. We hope the information provided by this study will fill a current gap in knowledge that could be used to develop new avenues for interventions, in particular for populations most vulnerable to riding with a drinking driver.