{"links":{"self":"http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/FT250100495"},"data":{"type":"grant-details","id":"FT250100495","attributes":{"code":"FT250100495","administering-organisation":"Griffith University","announcement-administering-organisation":"Griffith University","scheme-name":"ARC Future Fellowships","grant-status":"Active","funding-commencement-year":2025,"years-funded":4,"project-start-date":"2026-06-30","anticipated-end-date":"2030-06-29","grant-summary":"Using an impaired driving context to enhance deterrence. This project aims to investigate how impaired driving is policed by addressing the three main limitations of the widely used deterrence theory. This project expects to generate new knowledge on how to best apply deterrence theory while staying on top of new drug regulations, such as medicinal cannabis being legally prescribed in Australia. Expected outcomes include the development of new and more effective road policing procedures tailored to address the limitations of deterrence theory when applied to drug impaired drivers. This should provide significant benefits, such as the development of state-of-the-art road policing methods with the potential to decrease the number of impaired drivers on the road, and thus improve road safety.","funding-current":1314708.00,"funding-at-announcement":1286884,"investigators-current":[{"title":"A/Prof","firstName":"Lyndel","familyName":"Bates","roleName":"Future Fellowship","roleCode":"FT","isFellowship":true,"orcidIdentifier":"0000-0001-9898-2003 "}],"investigators-at-announcement":[{"title":"A/Prof","firstName":"Lyndel","familyName":"Bates","roleName":"Future Fellowship","roleCode":"FT","isFellowship":true,"orcidIdentifier":"0000-0001-9898-2003 "}],"organisations-current":[{"organisationName":"Griffith University","roleName":"Administering Organisation","state":"QLD"}],"organisations-at-announcement":[{"organisationName":"Griffith University","roleName":"Administering Organisation","state":"QLD"}],"field-of-research":[{"isPrimary":false,"code":"420604","name":"Injury Prevention","type":"FOR20"},{"isPrimary":true,"code":"4402","name":"Criminology","type":"FOR20"},{"isPrimary":false,"code":"440205","name":"Criminological Theories","type":"FOR20"},{"isPrimary":false,"code":"440211","name":"Police Administration, Procedures and Practice","type":"FOR20"}],"socio-economic-objective":[{"code":"230403","name":"Criminal Justice","type":"SEO20"},{"code":"270311","name":"Road Safety","type":"SEO20"}],"international-collaboration":["England"],"lief-register":[],"achievement-summary":null,"national-interest-test-statement":"Australia is currently experiencing alarming drug driving statistics, increasing the risk for those drivers of being involved in a traffic crash. In 2022, every fifth fatality on Queensland roads involved a drug impaired driver. The fact that health practitioners are now able to prescribe cannabis for medical purposes is also affecting the social acceptably of driving after using this drug. While deterrence theory, which is the foundation stone of our current road policing methods, is very effective deterring alcohol impaired drivers it does not have the same effectiveness on drug impaired drivers. By studying the limitations of deterrence theory when applied to drug impaired drivers, this project will examine ways to reduce drug impaired driving more effectively which is particularly important given its increase in recent years. A direct benefit to the Australian community from this project includes the design of strategies to provide safer roads by reducing drug impaired driving and therefore road trauma. Given that each fatal crash cost is $2.9 million, this would also provide significant economic savings. The outcomes of this research will be promoted broadly to stakeholder groups and organisations through presentations at conferences, hosting workshops, making plain language summaries of the results available and working directly with police, government and non-government agencies."}}}