DRUNKEN DRIVING AND ACCIDENT CASES: A STUDY OF MEGHALAYA DURING LAST DECADE
Authors:
Dr. Rashmi Baruah
Abstract:
It has been observed that alcohol consumption is associated with increased alcohol-related problems everywhere in the world, including alcohol intoxication, crime, interpersonal violence, reduced job performance, absenteeism, health problems, personal injury, suicide, homicide, property damage, impaired driving, fatalities or death caused due to drunken driving, single-vehicle nighttime fatalities, etc. According to Skog (2001), the association between aggregate alcohol consumption and rates of fatal accidents is mainly due to traffic accidents. As there is a relationship between alcohol consumption, drunken driving and vehicle crash risk, therefore, various research literature clearly implicates the importance of minimizing the use of alcohol consumption in conjunction with the operation of motor vehicles (Gruenewald & Ponicki, 1995). This paper is concerned with examining the drunken driving and accident cases in Meghalaya during the last decade.