Impaired Driving
2007 Minnesota Strategic Highway Safety Plan Goal
"Reduce the number (and percentage) of fatalities that are alcohol-related from 197 (35% of traffic deaths) in 2005 to no more than 125 (26% of traffic deaths) by 2010."
Research
Research reports and other resources regarding impaired driving
Minnesota Motor Vehicle Impaired Driving Facts, 2007
Minnesota Office of Traffic Safety
Effects of Alcohol on Motorcycle Riding Skills (PDF)
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2007
DOT HS 810 877
Driving Performance During Cell Phone Conversations and Common In-Vehicle Tasks While Sober and Drunk (PDF)
Minnesota Department of Transportation, 2005
Mn/DOT 2005-41
Traffic Safety and Alcohol Regulation: A Symposium: June 5–6, 2006, Irvine, California (PDF)
Transportation Research Board, 2007
Transportation Research Circular E-C123
Drugs and Traffic: A Symposium: June 20–21, 2005, Woods Hole, Massachusetts (PDF)
Transportation Research Board, 2006
Transportation Research Circular E-C096
Implementing Impaired Driving Countermeasures: Putting Research Into Action: A Symposium, August 21-23, 2003, Irvine, California (PDF)
Transportation Research Board, 2005
Transportation Research Circular E-C072
Legislation in Minnesota
Summary of Minnesota's legislation regarding impaired driving
Impaired Driving: Penalties and Driver's License Sanctions (PDF)
Guide to sanctions for impaired driving in Minnesota, September 2006
Summary of Minnesota Highway Safety Laws
Governors Highway Safety Association
Legislation elsewhere
Curbing Distracted Driving: 2010 Survey of State Safety Programs
Governors Highway Safety Association
DUI/DWI laws, summary of US states
Insurance Institute of Highway Safety
State court decisions on the constitutionality of sobriety checkpoints (US – Summary)
Insurance Institute of Highway Safety
On DWI Laws In Other Countries
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2000
DOT HS 809 037
Legal approaches to drugs and driving
EU, European Legal Database on Drugs, 2006