COMPARISON OF THE SENSITIVITY OF THE TRACOMETER AND THE CRITICAL TRACKING TASK TO ALCOHOL INTOXICATION

An experiment was conducted to compare the sensitivity and discriminability of the Critical Tracking Task (CTT) and the Tracometer at different levels of blood alcohol concentrations. Twenty subjects were tested at four BAC levels in a within-subject, balanced design. On each occasion, the subjects were tested on the CTT and the Tracometer before and after administration of the treatment. The results indicate that the Tracometer task provides less variable baseline measures, and better discriminates dosage levels than the CTT.

• Corporate Authors:

  Defence and Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine, Downsview

  Ontario,   Canada 
• Authors:
  • Noy, Y I
• Publication Date: 1985-7

Media Info

• Pagination: 59 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcoholic beverages; Before and after studies; Blood alcohol levels; Driver improvement programs; Intoxication; Sensitivity; Tracking systems
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver improvement; Tracking
• Old TRIS Terms: Tracometers
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00457470
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: DCIEM-85-R-29
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 31 1986 12:00AM