BIORHYTHMS AND ROAD TRAFFIC SAFETY

The theory of biorhythm, first discovered by European scientists in the 1900's, has been applied in Switzerland and Japan to reduce road traffic accidents. It is suggested that drivers have a higher risk of having an accident on 'critical' days in any of their physical, emotional or intellectual biorhythm cycles. Risk increases when two or greater still, three critical days coincide. In 1971, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police published a study which indicated that more than 80% of traffic collisions reported in 1970, had taken place on the driver's critical day. Examples of the use of biorhythm charts are described in the article.

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• Corporate Authors:

  South African Road Safety Council

  NRSC Building, Beatrix Street, Private Bag 147X
  Pretoria 0001,   South Africa 
• Authors:
  • -
• Publication Date: 1990-3-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 30-31
• Serial:
  • ROBOT
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: SNELCO-PRO PUBLIC RELATIONS CONSULTANTS
  • ISSN: 0035-7391

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Circadian rhythms; Crashes; High risk drivers; Human factors
• Uncontrolled Terms: Causes
• ITRD Terms: 2279: Accident proneness; 2166: Biorhythm; 9003: Cause; 1631: Collision; 2257: Human factor
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00606470
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1991 12:00AM