PHYSICIAN REPORTING OF DRIVER IMPAIRMENT

The author gives evidence to suggest that physical and mental impairment is a serious factor in road accidents. However it is often difficult to recognise the impairment and licensing authorities sometimes have to wait months or years before it is discovered. Most authorities are required to determine safe driving performance and try to set up criteria to identify points at which physical and mental impairment become critical. Physicians should only be asked to report conditions that are serious. Driving licences should be renewed in person. Advisory boards should offer guidance and advice to the licensing agency. The public should be made more aware of the relationship of impairment with driving safety. /TRRL/

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• Corporate Authors:

  International Association for Accident and Traffic Medicine

  Huddinge University Hospital Center, Traffic Medicine Center
  Stockholm,   Sweden  141 86

  International Association for Accident and Traffic Medicine

  Huddinge University Hospital Center, Traffic Medicine Center
  Stockholm,   Sweden  141 86
• Authors:
  • Hames, L N
• Publication Date: 1976

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 62-63
• Serial:
  • Journal of traffic medicine
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: International Association for Accident and Traffic Medicine
  • ISSN: 0345-5564

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Advisory groups; Crash causes; Crashes; Diseases and medical conditions; Driver licenses; Driver licensing; Drivers; Hazards; Health; Highway safety; Legislation; Medical examinations and tests; Mental illness; Physicians; Standards
• Uncontrolled Terms: Psychosis
• Geographic Terms: United States
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 1772: Driver; 1550: Driving licence; 2134: Illness; 1556: Legislation; 2157: Medical examination; 9150: Risk; 8122: USA
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00153307
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Analytic
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 20 1977 12:00AM