Word: borkenstein
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Dates: during 1969-1969
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Medical men recognized, as far back as 1904, the close link between drinking and traffic mishaps; yet no effective technique for reducing the carnage has been devised. One reason, suggests Dr. R. F. Borkenstein, chairman of Indiana University's Department of Police Administration, is that there are vastly different types of drinking drivers. While the threat of punishment may be a deterrent for some, others may need medical and psychiatric treatment...
Impaired Skill. During a recent seminar in Manhattan on traffic and accident medicine, Borkenstein listed seven specific types: 1) the drinking driver to whom neither drinking nor driving is a problem and whose blood alcohol concentration never goes over the .10% or .15% threshold accepted by most states; 2) the skillful driver who usually imbibes moderately, but on occasion overindulges to the point where his skill is impaired; 3) the man whose skill behind the wheel has deteriorated because of age or illness and who may consequently feel the effects of alcohol more acutely; 4) the inexperienced driver, whose lack...
Because they cannot control their deep-rooted impulses, those in the last two categories are the most dangerous of all. The threat of punishment is usually effective with social drinkers, Borkenstein notes, and those who are unusually sensitive to alcohol can learn to allow for it. But psychotherapy-as well as strict enforcement by the highway patrol-may be the answer for the sociopathic driver, whose chief problem is immoderate behavior behind the wheel rather than at the bar. For alcoholics, Borkenstein cautiously proposes suspending their driving privileges until, through medical and psychiatric help, they have their problem under control...
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