A Study of Guidelines for Formulating Public Policy for Enforcing Alcohol Interlock Device to Reduce Drinking-Driving Behavior in Thailand

Abstract

          The research aims (1) to study the law enforcement of foreign Alcohol Interlocks, including the United States, Australia, and European Union countries, to reduce drink-driving behavior at all points, and (2) to study public policy formulation to enforce Alcohol Interlocks to reduce drink-driving behavior in Thailand and to make legal proposals and drive law enforcement to suit Thailand. The research employed a qualitative methodology involving 60 key informants, divided into 6 groups, including 12 key informants in legal, 17 key informants in government agencies, 15 key informants with drink-driving behavior, 7 key informants in technical and mechanical, 2 key informants conducting transportation business, and 7 key informants in a non-profit organization that works in the prevention and solution of drink-driving. Research instrument include interviews form, data collection by studying documentation, interviews, and data analysis is conducted using content analysis methods.
          Results of this research indicate that most of the key informants agreed to utilize the Alcohol Interlocks in Thailand by giving the courts an order for the offenders, and the Department of Land Transport is the commander for public transportation in governance. For inspection and follow-up, the offender case, inspection and follow-up by the Department of Probation, public transport case, inspections and follow-up by the Department of Land Transport. The implementation policy should be divided by the duration of the trial, which should be enforced on the offender, and applied to the first offender by the duration of enforcing equal to the time probation. The responsibility for expenses belongs to offenders and public transport operators; the policy required to support this is tax deduction; problems and concerns are device modifications.