IF YOU DRINK, DON'T DRIVE MOTTO NOW APPLIES TO HANGOVERS AS WELL

This article reviews a study, carried out by Sweden's National Road and Traffic Research Institute (VTI) published last year as VTI Rapport N222A. This study indicates that hangovers may also diminish driving ability by as much as 20 percent, even when the blood alcohol concentration is 0 mg/dL. Furthermore, according to the study, a person's ability to carry out complex driving maneuvers is reduced for at least three hours after the blood alcohol level reaches zero, and hangover-impaired subjects demonstrate a marked inability to subjectively determine if they are fit to drive at all.

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• Publication Date: 1983-10-7

Media Info

• Pagination: 2 p.
• Serial:
  • JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association
  • Volume: 250
  • Issue Number: 13
  • Publisher: American Medical Association
  • ISSN: 0098-7484
  • Serial URL: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcohol effects; Blood alcohol levels; Driver performance; Drivers; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Hangover; Impaired drivers; Personnel performance; Physiological aspects; Psychological tests; Reaction time
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver reaction
• Old TRIS Terms: Subjective tests
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00392244
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-037 345
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 30 1985 12:00AM