{"id":7748,"date":"2015-06-11T16:34:56","date_gmt":"2015-06-11T20:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsignblog.com\/blog\/?p=7748"},"modified":"2018-06-28T06:31:58","modified_gmt":"2018-06-28T10:31:58","slug":"public-transportation-key-keeping-drunks-off-roads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/public-transportation-key-keeping-drunks-off-roads\/","title":{"rendered":"Public transportation key to keeping drunks off the roads"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anyone who\u2019s ever been egged on by friends to do\u00a0shots might know this instinctively, but science is now backing it up: just the presence of super-intoxicated friends may encourage clubgoers to get drunker than they normally would. Not only that, but knowing they won\u2019t be getting behind the wheel also encourages partiers to imbibe more. A recent study, \u201cMethod of Transportation and Drinking Among Club Patrons,\u201d<\/a> aims to discover the dynamics of drinking\u00a0and driving.<\/p>\n

\"Nightclub\"<\/a>

Image from Tony Webster<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

While the majority of research in the U.S. on booze and transportation has centered on understanding and preventing drunk driving, this study focuses on another important principle: \u201cEffective interventions need to target passengers as well as drivers.\u201d Studying the dynamics of drinking may help reduce risks among young adults age 18-25 in particular. Adults in this group are at the highest risk for crashes with drivers under the influence. While campaigns against drunk driving have been largely effective, they’ve also been criticized for sending the message that “as long as you don\u2019t drink and drive or ride with an impaired driver, you can drink to excess while out for the evening and be safe.\u201d<\/p>\n

The researchers studied three different types of clubgoers: those who left on foot, by bike or by subway; those who were car or taxi passengers; and those who drove home to determine whether how much alcohol a partier drinks impacts their transportation choice, as well as their overall safety. The study’s authors collected data from these three different types of clubgoers as they entered and exited clubs over 71 nights at ten different clubs over 2010 to 2012. Each single participant gave the researchers information on himself or herself, plus on others in his or her party. The total headcount was 1,833. They tested clubgoers BAC both upon entering and on leaving the clubs, and also tracked method of transportation, social group characteristics, drug use and personal characteristics.<\/p>\n

The researchers discovered just two characteristics that encourage partygoers to drink more, or to excess:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. not having to drive home, and<\/li>\n
  2. having a friend who is \u201cfrequently drunk\u201d in your party.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Clubgoers who know they have a guaranteed designated driver, taxi, or other route home that doesn\u2019t involve them behind the wheel are drink more than they would otherwise. Even those who travel on foot are at risk for more, and more severe, pedestrian accidents involving vehicles, when walking while intoxicated. But there are other risks too: Nonviolent and violent crime are both more prevalent in the areas near bars and clubs.<\/p>\n

    So, what can be done? The study advocates better public health education to inform those who aren’t drinking and driving that heavy drinking can still result in major consequences such as pedestrian accidents and physical or sexual assault, even if they are at a lesser risk for drunk driving-caused disasters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Anyone who\u2019s ever been egged on by friends to do\u00a0shots might know this instinctively, but science is now backing it up: just the presence of super-intoxicated friends may encourage clubgoers to get drunker than they normally would. Not only that, but knowing they won\u2019t be getting behind the wheel also encourages partiers to imbibe more. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[577],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-transportation-2"],"yoast_head":"\nPublic transportation key to keeping drunks off the roads - MyParkingSign Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A study found that public transportation availability is a risk factor for heavy drinking - but is it a cause or an effect?\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/public-transportation-key-keeping-drunks-off-roads\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Public transportation key to keeping drunks off the roads - MyParkingSign Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A study found that public transportation availability is a risk factor for heavy drinking - but is it a cause or an effect?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/public-transportation-key-keeping-drunks-off-roads\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"MyParkingSign Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/parkingsigns\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-06-11T20:34:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-06-28T10:31:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/3665018237_bb4c5f2675.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Katy B. Olson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@MyParkingSign\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@MyParkingSign\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Katy B. Olson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\\\/public-transportation-key-keeping-drunks-off-roads\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\\\/public-transportation-key-keeping-drunks-off-roads\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Katy B. Olson\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/af424325abf69284d5f644001ab269ca\"},\"headline\":\"Public transportation key to keeping drunks off the roads\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-06-11T20:34:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-06-28T10:31:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\\\/public-transportation-key-keeping-drunks-off-roads\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":491,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\\\/public-transportation-key-keeping-drunks-off-roads\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.myparkingsign.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/3665018237_bb4c5f2675.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Transportation\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\\\/public-transportation-key-keeping-drunks-off-roads\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\\\/public-transportation-key-keeping-drunks-off-roads\\\/\",\"name\":\"Public transportation key to keeping drunks off the roads - MyParkingSign Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\\\/public-transportation-key-keeping-drunks-off-roads\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\\\/public-transportation-key-keeping-drunks-off-roads\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.myparkingsign.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/3665018237_bb4c5f2675.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-06-11T20:34:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-06-28T10:31:58+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/af424325abf69284d5f644001ab269ca\"},\"description\":\"A study found that public transportation availability is a risk factor for heavy drinking - but is it a cause or an effect?\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\\\/public-transportation-key-keeping-drunks-off-roads\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\\\/public-transportation-key-keeping-drunks-off-roads\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.myparkingsign.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/3665018237_bb4c5f2675.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.myparkingsign.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/3665018237_bb4c5f2675.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"MyParkingSign Blog\",\"description\":\"Articles and resources on parking, road safety, and signs\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/af424325abf69284d5f644001ab269ca\",\"name\":\"Katy B. Olson\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/64d5331fdc12b0567b40b4ba16c0454cfd4f173ee7d00e8576a1a407432c642a?s=96&d=mm&r=pg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/64d5331fdc12b0567b40b4ba16c0454cfd4f173ee7d00e8576a1a407432c642a?s=96&d=mm&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/64d5331fdc12b0567b40b4ba16c0454cfd4f173ee7d00e8576a1a407432c642a?s=96&d=mm&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"Katy B. Olson\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.myparkingsign.com\\\/blog\\\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Public transportation key to keeping drunks off the roads - MyParkingSign Blog","description":"A study found that public transportation availability is a risk factor for heavy drinking - but is it a cause or an effect?","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/public-transportation-key-keeping-drunks-off-roads\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Public transportation key to keeping drunks off the roads - MyParkingSign Blog","og_description":"A study found that public transportation availability is a risk factor for heavy drinking - but is it a cause or an effect?","og_url":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/public-transportation-key-keeping-drunks-off-roads\/","og_site_name":"MyParkingSign Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/parkingsigns","article_published_time":"2015-06-11T20:34:56+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-06-28T10:31:58+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/3665018237_bb4c5f2675.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Katy B. Olson","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@MyParkingSign","twitter_site":"@MyParkingSign","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Katy B. Olson","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/public-transportation-key-keeping-drunks-off-roads\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/public-transportation-key-keeping-drunks-off-roads\/"},"author":{"name":"Katy B. Olson","@id":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/af424325abf69284d5f644001ab269ca"},"headline":"Public transportation key to keeping drunks off the roads","datePublished":"2015-06-11T20:34:56+00:00","dateModified":"2018-06-28T10:31:58+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/public-transportation-key-keeping-drunks-off-roads\/"},"wordCount":491,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/public-transportation-key-keeping-drunks-off-roads\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/3665018237_bb4c5f2675.jpg","articleSection":["Transportation"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/public-transportation-key-keeping-drunks-off-roads\/","url":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/public-transportation-key-keeping-drunks-off-roads\/","name":"Public transportation key to keeping drunks off the roads - MyParkingSign Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/public-transportation-key-keeping-drunks-off-roads\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/public-transportation-key-keeping-drunks-off-roads\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/3665018237_bb4c5f2675.jpg","datePublished":"2015-06-11T20:34:56+00:00","dateModified":"2018-06-28T10:31:58+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/af424325abf69284d5f644001ab269ca"},"description":"A study found that public transportation availability is a risk factor for heavy drinking - but is it a cause or an effect?","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/public-transportation-key-keeping-drunks-off-roads\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/public-transportation-key-keeping-drunks-off-roads\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/3665018237_bb4c5f2675.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/3665018237_bb4c5f2675.jpg"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/","name":"MyParkingSign Blog","description":"Articles and resources on parking, road safety, and signs","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/af424325abf69284d5f644001ab269ca","name":"Katy B. Olson","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/64d5331fdc12b0567b40b4ba16c0454cfd4f173ee7d00e8576a1a407432c642a?s=96&d=mm&r=pg","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/64d5331fdc12b0567b40b4ba16c0454cfd4f173ee7d00e8576a1a407432c642a?s=96&d=mm&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/64d5331fdc12b0567b40b4ba16c0454cfd4f173ee7d00e8576a1a407432c642a?s=96&d=mm&r=pg","caption":"Katy B. Olson"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com\/blog\/"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7748"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11021,"href":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7748\/revisions\/11021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}