THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL AND MARIJUANA ON A MANUAL TRACKING TASK

TWO PROJECTS HAVE BEEN CARRIED OUT TO DETERMINE THE USEFULNESS OF EMPLOYING HUMAN OPERATOR DESCRIBING FUNCTIONS IN THE STUDY OF THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL AND MARIJUANA ON SUBJECTS PERFORMING A VISUAL-MANUAL CONTROL TASK. SIGNIFICANT ALTERATIONS IN THE LINEAR OPERATOR MODELS WERE OBSERVED AND INTERPRETED AS CHANGES IN THE TIME DELAY, NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM, AND OPERATOR NOISE INJECTION. THE RESULTS PROVIDE THE BASIS FOR A LINEAR MODEL CAPABLE OF DESCRIBING THE DYNAMIC RESPONSE OF HUMAN OPERATORS WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE TWO DRUGS.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • NO SAE-730092
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Toronto

  Department of Geography, 100 St George Street
  Toronto, Ontario  Canada  M5S 3G3
• Authors:
  • Reid, L D
  • Ibrahim, M K
  • Miller, R D
  • Hansteen, R W
• Publication Date: 1973-1

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcohols; Driver performance; Drivers; Drugs; Drunk driving; Human factors; Marijuana; Mathematical models; Noise; Personnel performance; Traffic delays
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224392
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 23 1974 12:00AM