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California DUI : a Drunk Driving Law Guide
http://www.california-drunkdriving.org/
A complete source of legal information about DUI laws, penalties, DMV driver's license suspensions, DUI/DWI lawyers, criminal courts, blood-alcohol evidence, car insurance after a DUI, and police investigative procedures.  California DUI offers everything you need to know if you are arrested in California for driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI) -- sometimes referred to as "driving while intoxicated" (DWI).

The Century Council
http://www.centurycouncil.org/home.html
The Century Council is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to fighting drunk driving and underage drinking.  America's leading distillers, such as Bacardi USA Inc., Seagrams & Sons, etc. fund the site.  It provides information about drunk driving legislation and educational programs, including bilingual or ethnic ones.  One program, “Si Toma, No Maneje,” is the largest and most comprehensive anti-drunk driving program in the country.  This site also contains information about zero tolerance.  There is information for students, parents, a media center for journalists, and links to other resources.

DUI Gulag : Virtual Prohibition in the New Millennium
http://www.duigulag.com/
This Webpage is published by Citizens Against Wrongful Arrests (CAWA).  Provides sites with opposing viewpoints about Mothers Against Drunk Driving's nationwide campaign to lower statutory look alcohol content (BAC) level to 0.08%.  This is a political agenda that has no clear public safety benefit.

Drinking & Driving
http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/DrinkingAndDriving.html
This site discusses the problem, the facts, and the solution of this issue.  It is nicely complemented with statistical charts and graphs.  Site is provided by the State University of New York at Potsdam.

Drunk Driving
http://www.popcenter.org/Problems/problem-drunk_driving.htm
This guide "begins by describing the problem of drunk driving and reviewing the facts that increase its risk.  It then identifies a series of questions that can help analyze local drunk driving problems.  Finally, it reviews responses to the problem of drunk driving and examines what is know about the effectiveness of these [police] responses."  From the Center for Problem-Oriented Policing, an organization dedicated to evaluating "discrete pieces of police business."

Los Angeles DUI : Laws and Lawyers
http://www.drunkdriving-california.net/
This site provides information that is useful to anyone arrested in Los Angeles, or California for drunk driving.  The information includes DUI laws, punishment, suspension, etc.

MADD (Mother’s Against Drunk Driving)
http://www.maddlosangeles.org/
Sponsored by the L.A. County chapter of Mother’s Against Drunk Driving (MADD).  This site provides information such as crash and accident statistics.

Q & A : Deterrence & Enforcement
http://www.iihs.org/research/qanda/alcohol_enforce.html
This FAQ covers questions related to alcohol-impaired driving laws, "state laws making it illegal to drive with high blood alcohol concentrations (BACs)."  Topics include definitions of alcohol-impaired driving, blood alcohol concentration, sobriety checkpoints, passive alcohol sensors, license suspension, treatment and rehabilitation programs, and more.  From the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Highway Loss Data Institute.

Online Databases (Rio Hondo Students only)    top

ETOH
Try searching for "drunk driving" in this Alcohol and Alcohol Problem Science database to find journal articles and Websites on the topic

Issues and Controversies @ FACTS.com
Try searching for "drunk driving" in this database for up-to-date information on the topic, including history statistics, and key news events.

Books     top
The following books can be located in the Rio Hondo College Library.

Reference Books (2nd floor)
Non-circulating:

Addiction : opposing viewpoints
Call number: Ref HV4998.A32 2005

Drunk driving (Contemporary issues companion)
Call number: Ref HE5620.D7D7793 2005

West’s encyclopedia of American law
Call number: Ref KF154.W47 2005

Suggested Subject Headings
For additional titles on this topic at Rio Hondo, click on the following Library of Congress subject headings:

Alcoholism

Drinking and traffic accidents--United States

Drunk driving

Substance abuse--United States

WebCat     top
Use the box below to search for additional resources in Rio Hondo College Library.

Media     top
The following media can be located in the Rio Hondo College Library, to be viewed in the Library.

Drinking and driving : the toll, the tears
Call number: Video 000249
Summary: From a living room, a prison, a church, a cemetery, a hospital, people talk about how their lives were changed by a drunken driver.

Articles   top
The Rio Hondo College Library provides online access to full-text articles through our online databases.  Please note:  you must be a Rio Hondo College student, faculty, staff or board member to use these services.

The sample searches and articles below are from the ProQuest database.  If you are viewing this subject guide from an on-campus computer, simply click on the links below.   To gain access if you are at home or off-campus, first click here: https://rioweb.rh.cc.ca.us/library/.  Input your student ID number and password [your birthdate].  You will see a list of  all the online databases to which you have access.  Click on ProQuest and enter the database.  You may conduct your own searches at this point or come back to this subject guide and click on any of the links below:

(SUB (drunk driving))  [From peer-reviewed journals]
(SUB (drunk driving) and statistics )
(SUB (drunk driving) and SUB (prevention))

Researched and evaluated by:
S. Valero, Librarian 5/1998
last update:  K. Bourgaize, Librarian 12/2007

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