THE COMBINED EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL AND COMMON PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS: FIELD STRUDIES WITH AN INSTRUMENTED AUTOMOBILE

The results of this experiment show that alcohol alone and in combination with other drugs affects driving performance in different ways. Measures which most clearly differentiated between drug conditions were steering movement and average velocity. Further research in this area will be needed before the manner in which driving behavior is affected by a drug can be related to physiological action of the drug. /RTAC/

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  National Research Council of Canada

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• Authors:
  • Smiley, A M
• Publication Date: 1974-12

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 20 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcohols; Behavior; Driver performance; Drivers; Drugs; Personnel performance; Physiological aspects; Steering; Traffic speed
• Old TRIS Terms: Overall travel speed
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00129445
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Tech. Rpt.
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 10 1976 12:00AM