Hardcore Drunk Driving Judicial Education Project
Effective practices to fight hardcore drunk driving
In 2002, the National Association of State Judicial Educators and The Century Council embarked on an ambitious collaboration project to examine the judiciary's critical role in reducing hardcore drunk driving and strategies to increase its effectiveness.
Among the issues examined were: Scope of the problem of hardcore drunk driving; Role of the judiciary system in sentencing hardcore drunk drivers; Challenges and obstacles to effective sentencing of hardcore drunk drivers; Effective sanctions, strategies, and programs to reduce hardcore drunk driving; and Model programs and promising practices.
As a result of this process, the panel developed the Hardcore Drunk Driving Judicial Guide, which combines the panel's ideas and experiences with research in the field of hardcore drunk driving.
Hardcore Drunk Drivers:
- Drive with a high blood alcohol concentration (.15 or above)
- Do so repeatedly, as demonstrated by having more than one drunk driving arrest
- Are highly resistant to changing their behavior despite previous sanctions, treatment, and/or education
- Are 385 times more likely to be involved in a crash than a non-drinking driver
