MARIHUANA AND DRIVING HAZARDS

Recent research indicates that cannabis use is positively associated with the road toll. In controlled laboratory studies it has also been shown to adversely affect perception skills, coordination, braking time and other motor skills, mood, judgement, and so on. In driving studies (in both controlled areas and ordinary traffic) marihuana adversely affected driving safety. The literature on cannabis is diffused over international journals covering A wide range of specialities-this paper draws together the evidence from 22 scientifically valid reports. A report on A 1975 conference on drugs and driving is described. /TRRL/

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  Australian Medical Publishing Company, Limited

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• Authors:
  • Milner, G
• Publication Date: 1977-2-12

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 2-8-211
• Serial:
  • Medical Journal of Australia
  • Volume: 1
  • Issue Number: 7
  • Publisher: Australasian Medical Publishing Company
  • ISSN: 0025-729X
  • Serial URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/13265377

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Crash rates; Drivers; Driving; Drugs; Highway safety; Judgment (Human characteristics); Laboratories; Laboratory studies; Marijuana; Motor skills; Perception; Safety
• Old TRIS Terms: Driver perception
• ITRD Terms: 1612: Accident rate; 8525: Conference; 1855: Driving (veh); 2242: Drugs; 6237: Laboratory (not an organization); 2229: Perception; 1665: Safety; 2205: Skill (road user)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00164309
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Analytic
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 13 1978 12:00AM