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Driving under the influence of alcohol, or drink-driving, is a key risk factor for 27% of all road injuries. Thus, drink-driving is a significant public health problem that affects not only the alcohol user but also, in many cases, innocent parties such as passengers and pedestrians.
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Price increases reduce the harms caused by alcohol. Policies...
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In the case of drink-driving, risk of road traffic injury...
- Brief Interventions and Treatment
1 cze 2024 · Results: The literature indicates that different Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) levels affect driving skills essential for traffic safety at various information processing stages, such as delayed reacting time, impaired cognitive abilities, and hindered execution of driving tasks.
17 sty 2018 · For alcohol-impaired driving, there are two contexts that are especially salient and worth examining: the alcohol environment (e.g., social and cultural drinking norms, availability, pricing, and regulation) and the driving environment (e.g., road safety infrastructure, public transportation, and driving patterns).
This study examined the effects of alcohol on driving performance, four-choice reaction time (FCRT), and self-rated confidence in driving ability. It specifically focused on alcohol doses equal to commonly enforced legal BAC limits (i.e. 0.05% and 0.08%).
27 paź 2022 · Effects of alcohol on automated and controlled driving performances. Psychopharmacology, 231 (10), 2087–2095. Crossref. PubMed. Google Scholar. de Blasiis M. R., Ferrante C., Veraldi V. (2020). Driving risk assessment under the effect of alcohol through an eye tracking system in virtual reality.
2 lis 2022 · This study examined the effects of alcohol on driving performance, four-choice reaction time (FCRT), and self-rated confidence in driving ability. It specifically focused on alcohol doses equal to commonly enforced legal BAC limits (i.e. 0.05% and 0.08%).
When it comes to drunk driving, it affects more than just the driver. In 2022, among children (14 and younger) killed in motor vehicle crashes, 25% were killed in drunk-driving crashes. Of those deaths, more than half the time (57%) the child killed was in the vehicle driven by the drunk driver.