THE NEED FOR BETTER CRITERIA IN DETERMINING DRIVER IMPAIRMENT LIMITS

As a result of eight years' work in developing educational materials used in upgrading the background medical knowledge of driver license examiners, and in evaluating the use of these materials, the American Medical Association and the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrations have gained considerable insight into the needs of both physicians and licensing agencies, as far as the drivers is concerned. This knowledge was further butteressed by a series of four AMA-AAMVA Conferences on Physician reporting of Driver Impairment. In fact, most of the recommendations from those Conferences centered on the need for better criteria. This paper will point out some of the inconsistencies in the limits set in different states, and show that most physicians cannot make adequate or logical judgments without better criteria. Even Medical Advisory Boards are largely left without adequate tools, unless research can come up with the answers. /HSRI/

• Corporate Authors:

  American Association for Automotive Medicine

  801 Green Bay Road
  Lake Bluff, IL  United States  60044
• Authors:
  • Hames, L N
• Conference:
  • 20th Annual Conference of the American Association for Automotive Medicine
  • Date: 1976-11-1 to 1976-11-3
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Features: Appendices;
• Pagination: p. 280-290
• Serial:
  • Volume: 20

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Driver licensing; Driving tests
• Uncontrolled Terms: Criteria
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00144182
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Research Institute
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-024-1-115
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 13 1977 12:00AM