THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL AND MARIJUANA ON A MANUAL TRACKING TASK

THE APPROACH TAKEN INVOLVES THE USE OF LINEAR MATHEMATICAL MODELS (DESCRIBING FUNCTIONS) TO DESCRIBE THE HUMAN OPERATOR. THIS GENERATES DATA IN A FORM IDEALLY SUITED TO SYSTEM EVALUATION IN TERMS OF LINEAR CONTROL THEORY. OF PRIMARY INTEREST WAS THE ASSESSMENT OF THE TECHNIQUE AS A TOOL FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF DRUG EFFECTS ON HUMAN PERFORMANCE IN SITUATIONS RESEMBLING THE CAR DRIVING TASK. TWO COMPLETE PROGRAMS WERE CARRIED OUT, ONE INVOLVING BOTH ALCOHOL AND MARIJUANA AND THE OTHER ALCOHOL ALONE. THE RESULTS HAVE BEEN PRESENTED IN A COMMON FORMAT, WHERE POSSIBLE, IN ORDER TO FACILITATE COMPARISONS. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Rept No SAE 730092
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Toronto

  Department of Geography, 100 St George Street
  Toronto, Ontario  Canada  M5S 3G3
• Authors:
  • Reid, L D
  • Ibrahim, M K
  • Miller, R D
  • Hansteen, R W
• Publication Date: 1973

Media Info

• Features: Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 9 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcohols; Automobiles; Driving; Drugs; Human beings; Mathematical models
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224275
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Research Institute
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 8 1973 12:00AM