DRUG INTERACTION ON DRIVING SKILLS AS EVALUATED BY LABORATORY TESTS AND A DRIVING SIMULATOR

A NUMBER OF SUCCESSIVE STUDIES CONDUCTED IN ORDER TO INVESTIGATE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN CENTRALLY ACTIVE DRUGS AND ALCOHOL ON DRIVING SKILLS. THE TOTAL SUBJECTS AMOUNT TO 1600 AT PRESENT. DRUGS BELONGING TO DIFFERENT GROUPS IN THE SAME TEST SITUATION ARE COMPARED. SO THE RESULTS AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN DRUGS WITHIN THE GROUPS ARE COMPARABLE WITH EACH OTHER. SINCE THE DIAZEPAM-ALCOHOL INTERACTION DEMONSTRATED BY THE LABORATORY TESTS PATTERN WAS CONFIRMED BY SIMULATED DRIVING, IT SUGGESTS THAT CAREFULLY SELECTED PSYCHOMOTOR TESTS CAN BE USED AND SHOULD BE USED TO PROVIDE DATA ABOUT THE ACTIONS AND INTERACTIONS OF DRUGS AND ALCOHOL ON DRIVING SKILLS.

• Corporate Authors:

  Pharmakopsych./Neuro-psych. /Finland

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• Authors:
  • LINNOILA, M
  • MATTILA, M J
• Publication Date: 1973-3

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 127-32
• Serial:
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue Number: 2

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcohols; Driver performance; Drivers; Drugs; Drunk driving; Highway safety; Personnel performance
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224559
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Research Institute
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 23 1974 12:00AM