DRUGS AND DRIVING: REPORT OF AN INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM

The report presents the proceedings of a Symposium on Drugs (other than alcohol) and Driving. Speaker's papers and work session summaries are included. Major topics include: Overview of Problem, Risk Identification, Drug Measurement in Biological Materials, Measurement of Drug Effects on Driver Behavior, Legal and Practical Constraints on Drug/Driving Research, and Recommendations for Future Research and Countermeasures. The report summarizes the discussions of 30 leading researchers and practitioners who met to review existing research findings about the drug/driving problem. On the basis of current knowledge suggestions for research efforts and countermeasure actions are made.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Also available in set of 3 reports PC E10, PB-264 177-SET.
• Corporate Authors:

  Indiana University, Bloomington

  Institute for Research in Public Safety
  Bloomington, IN  United States  47401

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • JOSCELYN, K B
  • Maickel, R P
• Publication Date: 1977-1

Media Info

• Pagination: 232 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Countermeasures; Crash injury research; Crashes; Drivers; Drug use; Drugs; Hazards; Highway safety; Human factors; Human factors engineering; Legal factors; Meetings; Physiological tolerance; Prevention; Research; Risk assessment; Safety; Therapy; Traffic safety
• Uncontrolled Terms: Drug therapy
• Old TRIS Terms: Drug tolerance
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00151768
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT-HS-802-187 Intrm Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-4-00994
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Apr 27 1977 12:00AM