EVALUATION OF A PERFORMANCE TEST TO DETECT IMPAIRED DRIVERS

A performance test that could increase police efficiency in detecting impaired drivers was assessed on the ability of the test to differentiate sober and impaired drivers. The performance test required drivers to align the middle of their vehicle to a series of lines marked in/or near the middle of the lane while maintaining a prescribed speed. The results show that 30% of impaired drivers fail the test while only 1% of sober drivers fail or, using a more stringent fail criteria, 66% of impaired drivers fail while 23% of sober drivers fail. (a) (TRRL)

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• Authors:
  • Bragg, BWE
  • Wilson, W T
• Publication Date: 1980-3

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 55-65
• Serial:
  • Accident Analysis & Prevention
  • Volume: 12
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0001-4575
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00014575

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alignment; Detection and identification; Detectors; Driver performance; Drivers; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Performance tests; Personnel performance; Police traffic services; Road markings
• Old TRIS Terms: Traffic marking
• ITRD Terms: 1772: Driver; 2231: Drunkenness; 5911: Efficiency; 1522: Police; 2205: Skill (road user); 6255: Test
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00325182
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-028 897
• Files: HSL, ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 15 1985 12:00AM