An Evaluation of Thirteen Local Selective Enforcement Projects Designed to Reduce Drunken Driving in Virginia

Book excerpt: In accordance with federal requirements, the effectiveness of thirteen locally based DUI selective enforcement projects funded with grants from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration was evaluated. The grants were awarded in the FY 1982 grant period. In the study, projects found to have met their goals for reducing alcohol related crashes and increasing DUI arrests during target hours were taken to have been successful. According to the criteria for demonstrating program effectiveness, there should not have been corresponding changes in the incidence of non-alcohol-related accidents nor should similar trends have appeared in DUI arrests or among alcohol-related accidents during non-target hours. This report states whether each project did or did not meet its goals and offers an explanation of the results. In addition, a discussion of the local project areas is included because of the differences among the thirteen localities.