DRUGS AND DRIVING APTITUDE. 4TH REPORT

THE PAPER CONTAINS REPORTS ON THE CHEMICAL AND MEDICAL EXAMINATION OF 87 DRIVERS SUSPECTED OF HAVING USED THEIR CARS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS. THE RESULTS OF CHEMICAL ANALYSES ALONE ARE REPORTED ON AN ADDITIONAL 32 DRIVERS. THE DRUGS FOUND INCLUDE MEPROBAMATE (40 CASES), SALICYLATES (31), METHAQUALONE (13), CHOMETHIAZOLE (15), AND TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSIVE AMINES (11 CASES). SHORT DESCRIPTIONS OF A SCREENING METHOD FOR DRUGS IN BLOOD AND URINE, AND TECHNIQUES FOR THE ANALYSES FOR MEPROBAMATE, SALICYLIC ACID AND CHLOMETHIAZOLE ARE GIVEN. THE PAPER CONCLUDES A SERIES OF FOUR PUBLICATIONS ON DRUGS AND DRIVING ABILITY, AND CONTAINS STATISTICAL DATA AND A SHORT DISCUSSION OF THE FINDINGS OF ALL FOUR PUBLICATIONS CONCERNING CONDITIONS FOUND IN SWEDEN DURING THE YEARS 1964-1969. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Bultalkohol /Germany

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• Authors:
  • Bonnichsen, R
  • Maehly, A C
  • Moeller, M
  • Aqvist, S
• Publication Date: 1972-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 68-24
• Serial:
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue Number: 1

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Amines; Behavior; Blood analysis; Chemical analysis; Driver performance; Drivers; Drugs; Highway safety; Personnel performance; Stimulants; Traffic crashes; Urine
• Old TRIS Terms: Blood tests
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224587
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 5 1974 12:00AM