IMPAIRMENT OF PERFORMANCE BY DIAZEPAM AND ALCOHOL

ZUR FRAGE DER LEISTUNGSBEEINTRAECHTIGUNG DURCH DIIAZEPAM UND ALKOHOL

If there was separate dispensation of alcohol and diazepam a decrease in performance was noted in the first measurements after intake. Two and four hours later differences could no longer be established. The greatest impairments after the intake of alcohol and diazepam happened shortly after they were taken. The findings show that there is significant loss of performance in the rising and levelling out phases of the drug and a less significant loss in the declining phase. Final evaluation of impairment of performance may therefore not be based solely on the diazepam plasma image, but must take account of time. (TRRL)

• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Institute of Road Research, Germany

  Bruhlerstrasse 1, Postfach 510530
  D-5000 Cologne 51,   Germany 
• Authors:
  • Lutze, J
  • Gelbke, H P
• Publication Date: 1979

Language

• German

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 335-341
• Serial:
  • Unfall-und Sicherheitsforschung Strassenverkehr
  • Issue Number: 21
  • Publisher: Federal Institute of Road Research, Germany

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcohols; Aptitude; Driver performance; Drivers; Driving; Drugs; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Economic efficiency; Ethanol; Medical examinations and tests; Personnel performance; Tests; Time
• Uncontrolled Terms: Efficiency
• ITRD Terms: 7347: Alcohol; 2226: Driving aptitude; 2242: Drugs; 5911: Efficiency; 2157: Medical examination; 6255: Test
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00317093
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BASt)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 15 1981 12:00AM