EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL ON DRIVING PERFORMANCE: SEX DIFFERENCES

THE PRESENT INVESTIGATION COMPARED THE SIMULATED DRIVING PERFORMANCE OF EXPERIENCED MALE AND FEMALE DRIVERS AT THREE BAC CONDITIONS: 0.00 PERCENT, 0.05 PERCENT AND 0.10 PERCENT. NO STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BAC CONDITION FOR EITHER SEX GROUP WAS FOUND. NEITHER DID THE MALE AND FEMALE GROUPS DIFFER IN PERFORMANCE. GROSS INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN THE PERFORMANCE OF SUBJECTS WITHIN EACH GROUP, ACROSS BAC LEVELS, WERE, HOWEVER, CHARACTERISTIC OF ALL OF THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES RECORDED. IT IS SUGGESTED THAT WHILE SEX DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE THE MODERATOR VARIABLE RESPONSIBLE FOR INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN RESPONSE TO ALCHOL INTOXICATION EFFECTS IN THE DRIVING TASK, FUTURE RESEARCH MUST BE ADDRESSED TO AN EXPLANATION AND EVALUATION OF INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES BY SYSTEMATIC INVESTIGATION OF OTHER MODERATOR VARIABLES. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  University of South Dakota, Vermillion

  Human Factors Laboratory
  Vermillion, SD  United States  57069
• Authors:
  • Ellingstad, V S
  • Struckman, D L
• Publication Date: 1971

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 44 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Driver performance; Drivers; Driving simulators; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Females; Gender; Males; Personnel performance
• Old TRIS Terms: Female drivers; Male drivers
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224330
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Research Institute
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 16 1973 12:00AM