Highway driving safety the day after using sleep medication: the direction of lapses and excursions out-of-lane in drowsy drivers

Autor: Verster, Joris C., Mooren, Loes, Bervoets, Adriana C., Roth, Thomas, Afd Pharmacology, Pharmacology
Rok vydání: 2017
Předmět:
Male
Sleepiness
highway
consciousness
human experiment
Behavioral Neuroscience
0302 clinical medicine
Primary outcome
bedtime dosage
Acetamides
Hypnotics and Sedatives
awareness
030212 general & internal medicine
adult
Accidents
Traffic
article
Outcome measures
General Medicine
Middle Aged
ramelteon
Lateral position
aged
priority journal
Vehicle control
Female
Psychology
Automobile Driving
lapses
medicine.medical_specialty
car driving
Driving test
direction
Cognitive Neuroscience
zaleplon
Young Adult
03 medical and health sciences
Physical medicine and rehabilitation
traffic safety
driving
medicine
Humans
human
normal human
Wakefulness
Sleep medication
excursions out-of-lane
evening dosage
drowsiness
Crash risk
Driving safety
Pyrimidines
Sleep Aids
Pharmaceutical
placebo
zopiclone
Sleep
human activities
zolpidem
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Zdroj: Journal of Sleep Research, 27(3). Blackwell Publishing Ltd
ISSN: 0962-1105
DOI: 10.1111/jsr.12622
Popis: The primary outcome measure of the on-road driving test is the Standard Deviation of Lateral Position. However, other outcome measures, such as lapses and excursions out-of-lane, also need to be considered as they may be related to crash risk. The aim of this study was to determine the direction of lapses and excursions out-of-lane (i.e. towards/into the adjacent traffic lane or towards/into the road shoulder). In total, data from 240 driving tests were re-analysed, and 628 lapses and 401 excursions out-of-lane were identified. The analyses revealed that lapses were made equally frequently over left (49.4%) and over right (43.3%). In contrast, excursions out-of-lane were almost exclusively directed over right into the (safer) road shoulder (97.3%). These findings suggest that drivers are unaware of having lapses, whereas excursions out-of-lane are events where the driver is aware of loss of vehicle control.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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