A Driving Simulator Study of the Performance Effects of Low Blood Alcohol Concentration
| Autor: | R. Wade Allen, Anthony C. Stein, Zareh Parseghian |
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| Rok vydání: | 1996 |
| Předmět: |
Truck
medicine.medical_specialty Auditory feedback education.field_of_study Engineering business.industry Population Driving simulator Alcohol Audiology Task (project management) Medical Terminology chemistry.chemical_compound chemistry Multivariate analysis of variance Blood alcohol medicine education business Simulation Medical Assisting and Transcription |
| Zdroj: | Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting. 40:943-946 |
| ISSN: | 1071-1813 2169-5067 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/154193129604001817 |
| Popis: | There is a large body of research that documents the impairing effect of alcohol on driving behavior and performance. Some of the most significant alcohol influence seems to occur in divided attention situations when the driver must simultaneously attend to several aspects of the driving task. This paper describes a driving simulator study of the effect of a low alcohol dose, .055 BAC (blood alcohol concentration %/wt), on divided attention performance. The simulation was mechanized on a PC and presented visual and auditory feedback in a truck cab surround. Subjects were required to control speed and steering on a rural two lane road while attending to a peripheral secondary task. The subject population was composed of 33 heavy equipment operators who were tested during both placebo and drinking sessions. Multivariate Analysis of Variance showed a significant and practical alcohol effect on a range of variables in the divided attention driving task. |
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