ALCOHOL INFLUENCES: A COMPARISON OF LABORATORY AND INSTRUMENTED CAR RESEARCH WITH ON-ROAD DRIVING BEHAVIOR

Efforts to understand the influences of alcohol upon precrash behaviors have relied primarily upon controlled experiments and reconstruction of precrash events through analysis of accident records. As a results, it is clear that alcohol is highly correlated with highway crashes, but less apparent are the behavioral decrements responsible for those accidents. This paper discusses some parallels between epidemiological data, accident analyses, laboratory experiments, instrumented car research, and some preliminary analyses of on-road driving performance obtained unobtrustively. The relationship between alcohol influences upon reaction time, braking performance, and stopping behavior are discussed. /Author/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was published as part of the Proceedings of the 6th Congress, July 11-16, 1976; and it was sponsored by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
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• Authors:
  • DAMKOT, D K
• Publication Date: 1976-7-11

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 319-324
• Serial:
  • Publication of: International Ergonomics Association
  • Publisher: International Ergonomics Association

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcohols; Behavior; Driver performance; Drivers; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Instrumented vehicles; Laboratory tests; Personnel performance; Reaction time; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver reaction; Motor vehicle accidents
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00148782
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Safety Council Safety Research Info Serv
• Report/Paper Numbers: Proceeding
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 19 1977 12:00AM