2003 Primary Prevention Awareness, Attitude, and Use Survey

Passenger and Driver Risks and Behaviors

Passenger Risks (PPAAUS items 89 &90) Twenty-two percent of the middle-school students, in the past year, had ridden in a car with a driver who had been drinking, and 14 percent had ridden with a driver smoking marijuana. Fourteen percent of the sixth through eighth graders had ridden with a drinking driver once or twice, five percent three to ten times, and four percent more than ten times. An average of seven percent of the middle-school students had ridden with a marijuana-impaired driver once or twice in the past year, three percent three to ten times, and three percent more then ten times.

Among high-school students, 30 percent had been with a drinking driver and 30 percent with a marijuana-smoking driver at least once in the past year. Fifteen percent of the high-school students had been with a drinking driver once or twice, nine percent three to ten times, and six percent more than ten times in the past year. An average of 12 percent of the ninth through twelfth graders had been with a marijuana-smoking driver once or twice in the past year, nine percent three to ten times, and ten percent more than ten times.

An average of 78 percent of the middle-school students and 71 percent of the high-school students had not – within the past year -- been in a vehicle in which the driver had been drinking. Eighty-seven percent of the middle-school students and 70 percent of the high-school students had not been in a vehicle with a marijuana-smoking driver.

Driver Risks (PPAAUS items 91 & 92) Four percent of the Franklin County tenth graders, 13 percent of the juniors, and 21 percent of the seniors had driven after drinking at least once in the past year. One percent of the tenth graders, two percent of the juniors, and four percent of the seniors drove after drinking more than ten times in the past year. Three percent of the tenth graders, eight percent of the juniors, and ten percent of the seniors drove after drinking once or twice; and one, three, and seven percent respectively three to ten times.

Five percent of the tenth graders, 12 percent of the juniors, and 19 percent of seniors drove at least once in the previous year after smoking marijuana. Two percent of the tenth graders, five percent of the eleventh graders, and seven percent of the twelfth graders drove once or twice after smoking marijuana; and three percent, ten percent, and 15 percent respectively drove three to ten times after smoking marijuana. Two percent of the tenth graders, four percent of the eleventh graders, and seven percent of the twelfth graders drove after smoking marijuana more than ten times in the past year.

Within the previous year, 88 percent of the tenth through twelfth graders had not driven while or after drinking alcohol, and 88 percent had not driven after/while smoking marijuana.

Designated Drivers (PPAAUS item 93) Twelve percent of the tenth graders, 32 percent of the eleventh graders, and 43 percent of the twelfth graders reported having been a designated driver in the past year: three percent, six percent, and ten percent respectively were designated drivers ten times or more.

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