Drugs and driving /
Drugs and Driving is a compendium of papers from a symposium of the same title presented at the U.S. Transportation Research Board. This collection reviews the effects of five classes of drugs on driving (amphetamines, tranquilizers, barbiturates, narcotics, cannabis), the other studies being made o...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Pergamon Press,
1976.
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| Series: | National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Research Monograph Series ;
11. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Drugs and Driving is a compendium of papers from a symposium of the same title presented at the U.S. Transportation Research Board. This collection reviews the effects of five classes of drugs on driving (amphetamines, tranquilizers, barbiturates, narcotics, cannabis), the other studies being made on drugs and driving, as well as some countermeasure programs against drunk driving. The papers report that amphetamines can induce risky driving behavior, tranquilizers can increase traffic accident risks, barbiturates can degrade driving skills especially when the drug is combined with alcohol, whi. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Referenceschapter 7. drug use and driving risk among high school students; method; results; discussion; references; chapter 8. traffic accident rates among Finnish out-patients; introduction; material and methods; results; references; chapter 9. marihuana: effects on simulated driving performance; method; discussion; references; chapter 10. statistical evaluation of the effectiveness of ""alcohol safety action projects""; 1. introduction; 2. methodology; 3. results; 4. discussion; references; appendix a; appendix b; appendix c |
| ISBN: | 9781483187846 1483187845 |