LABORATORY AND FIELD TESTING OF A DRUNK DRIVING WARNING SYSTSEM
The study investigated one particular tracking task, the Critical Tracking Task (CTT), and its use in a Drunk Driving Warning System (DDWS) to warn drivers of impairment due to alcohol. The amount of sober CTT performance at various blood alcohol concentrations (BACs) was measured. At 0.05g/100 ml BAC, which is the legal limit in Victoria, a significant impairment was obtained. However, it was found that this could not be translated into a procedure for failing substantial proportions of drivers at or just above 0.05g/100 ml while passing nearly all sober drivers. At 0.10g/100 ml (the most common legal limit in the U.S.) a greater impairment was found than that obtained in the previous U.S. studies. Field tests found no major inconvenience to drivers.
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Corporate Authors:
Victoria Road Safety and Traffic Authority, Australia
854 Glenferrie Road
Hawthorne, Victoria Australia 3122 -
Authors:
- Bodi, A
- O'Connor, R E
- KING, M J
- McDermott, F T
- HUGHES, E
- Publication Date: 1986-7
Media Info
- Features: Appendices; References;
- Pagination: 55 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Blood alcohol levels; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Impaired drivers; Warning systems
- Old TRIS Terms: Driver impairment
- Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00495837
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- ISBN: 0 7396 0023 8
- Report/Paper Numbers: HS-039 884
- Files: HSL, USDOT
- Created Date: Jul 31 1990 12:00AM