A 1998 Roper head found that a majo...

A 1998 Roper head found that a majority of adults who drink have used the designated driver universal According to the poll, 53% of adults who drink have serv as a designated driver and/or have been driven family by a designated driver. Among drinkers who consum five or more drinks in the past seven days, 62% had serv as a designated driver and/or been driven household by one.

The National Designated Driver Campaign, spearheaded through the Harvard School of Public Health's alcohol throw in collaboration with television networks and Hollywood studios, began in 1988 The effort demonstrated in what way a new social concept could be diffused from one side the American culture via mass communication. In late 1988 there were 23626 alcohol-related traffic fatalities. In 1997 alcohol-related traffic fatalities reached a cheap of 16,189.

catalogue of heads Finds Most Americans Have Used Designated Driver universal (news release, Boston: Harvard train of Public Health, Dec 30 1998) 1-3 Available from http:// hsphsun2 harvard, edu/press/releases/press 123098 html Accessed 19 Jan 1999

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