THE CAR DRIVER AND DRINKING

DER AUTOFAHRER UND DAS TRINKEN

The quantity of moisture which can be lost by sweating during a car journey as a result of nervous tension and stress is dependent upon air temperature and humidity and upon activity, body-temperature and -surface area. During a journey of several hours duration it can amount to 2-3 litres of liquid. The result is a thickening of the blood. Peripheries, including the brain, then receive less blood. This means that less oxygen is carried to the cells. Amongst other reactions, reflexes become slower because, by sweating, not only water but also minerals are lost. A mineral drink is suggested which would replace the minerals lost by sweating in the proper combination for the body. This would be the best way to avoid the hazardous consequences of sweating which can also affect the driver. (TRRL)

• Corporate Authors:

  KVDA Verlag

  Jahanna-Melber-Weg 8
  6000 Frankfurt 70,   Germany 
• Authors:
  • Frey, R
  • Kori-lindner, C
• Publication Date: 1979-6

Language

• German

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 30-31
• Serial:
  • Arzt und Auto
  • Volume: 55
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: Kraftfahrverband Deutscher Aerzte EV

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alertness; Behavior; Drinking water; Driver performance; Drivers; Fatigue (Physiological condition); Food; Liquids; Losses; Minerals; Personnel performance; Physiological aspects; Stress (Psychology); Tolerance (Physiology); Water
• Non-Preferred Terms: Accident prone drivers; Accident proneness; Unsafe drivers
• ITRD Terms: 2279: Accident proneness; 2238: Attention; 9001: Behaviour; 1772: Driver; 2222: Fatigue (human); 2053: Food; 2051: Human tolerance; 4051: Mineral; 2234: Stress (psychol)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00325422
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BASt)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 15 1981 12:00AM