SIM-DUI is an Excel-based modeling tool that allows users to simulate how changing existing laws or implementing new laws and policies in their jurisdiction may impact underage alcohol-related crashes (fatal and non-fatal) among teens ages 15-20 years old. A two-phase effort built a user friendly tool (Phase I) and tested it in San Diego County, CA (Phase II). Feedback and recommended changes in SIM-DUI are reported from the San Diego County testing. Additional funding is needed to examine the following recommended changes: 1) examining substances other than only alcohol; 2) examining concurrent substance use with alcohol; 3) including a cost-benefit analysis of implementing new legislation; 4) including other alcohol-related outcomes (violence and public intoxication); 5) examining on-site versus off-site alcohol outlet sales proportions; and 6) examining additional contributors to law enforcement (time officers spent on DUIs, priority of impaired driving enforcement within police stations, and amount of money spent on DUI enforcement). 2 figures, 1 table, 24 references, and appended project materials and products
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