Laws such as 0.08 blood alcohol content, open container, and license revocation provide a policy framework for reducing drinking and driving. Drinking and driving behavior is difficult to assess; unlike property and violent crimes, where incidence statistics can approximate behavior, most drink-driving trips go undetected. The authors develop a…

Using data covering 111 weeks, the impact of 3 increasingly restrictive policies on reporting hot pursuits by police officers on the ratio of accidents to reported pursuits was studied. More restrictive pursuit policies did not increase noncompliance with reporting requirements. (SLD)