This large longitudinal study examined the predictive relationship
between self-reported DUI in young adulthood and riding with
a drinking driver during adolescence in a large community sample
in Victoria, Australia. As hypothesised, it found that exposure to
drink driving during adolescence is a risk factor in young adulthood.
Even when taking into account other key influences on DUI
there was a greater than 60 percent increase in the likelihood of
DUI for those who reported riding with a drinking driver at least
once in the past year in adolescence. Other variables found to be
related to DUI were being male, increased age, sensation-seeking
and higher SES.