DRUGS AND HIGHWAY SAFETY 1980

The report presents findings of a study to describe (1) present knowledge about the relationship between drug use by drivers and highway safety, and (2) efforts to detect and prevent drug-impaired driving. Past, ongoing, and planned activities at federal, state, and local levels are identified, including research to define the nature and magnitude of the drug and driving problem and actions to reduce the incidence of drug-impaired driving. An overview of drugs and highway safety summarizes the present state of knowledge and discusses the alcohol-highway safety experience in relation to other drugs. Studies of drug effects on measures of driving performance and surveys of drug use among drivers are then reviewed. Also reviewed are the state of the art and current applications of techniques to detect and measure drugs in body fluids of drivers. The treatment of laws relevant to drugs and driving includes a detailed comparison of state laws dealing with drug-impaired driving, their application and limitations. Enforcement, adjudication, and sanctioning practices are described. Specific examples of other countermeasure approaches, including information and education campaigns, are presented.

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• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/1239
• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also HS-803 879, HS-805 299, HS-805 374, HS-805 375, HS-805 462, and HS-805 485.
• Corporate Authors:

  Highway Safety Research Institute

  Huron Parkway and Baxter Road
  Ann Arbor, MI  United States  48109

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • JOSCELYN, K B
  • Donelson, A C
  • Jones, R K
  • McNair, J W
  • Ruschmann, P A
• Publication Date: 1980-5

Media Info

• Pagination: 267 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcoholic beverages; Alertness; Attention; Behavior; Concentration (Chemistry); Countermeasures; Driver performance; Drivers; Drugs; Drunk driving; Fluids; Glare; Headlamps; Highway safety; Highway transportation; Human factors; Law enforcement; Laws; Personnel performance; Research; Safety; State of the art studies; States; Traffic safety
• Uncontrolled Terms: Concentration
• Old TRIS Terms: Body
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00318989
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: UM-HSRI-80-5 Final Rpt., HS-805 461
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-7-01530
• Files: HSL, NTIS, NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Nov 19 1982 12:00AM