Marihuana and Simulated Driving

Effects of marihuana and alcohol on simulated driving performance.

The effects of marihuana, alcohol, and no treatment on simulated driving performance were determined for experienced marihuana smokers. Subjects experiencing a "social marihuana high" accumulated significantly more speedometer errors than when under control conditions, whereas there were no significant differences in accelerator, brake, signal, steering, and total errors. The same subjects into...

Marihuana.

A Simulator Study of the Effects of Alcohol and Marihuana on Driving Behavior

Extensive research has been conducted on the effects of alcohol on both human behavior and driving capability; and Hurst (3) was able to establish dose response relationships between blood alcohol concentration and accident rate. The research that has been conducted with marihuana has been far less wide spread. We are just beginning to understand its basic effects, and are far from establishing...

Text Messaging During Simulated Driving

OBJECTIVE This research aims to identify the impact of text messaging on simulated driving performance. BACKGROUND In the past decade, a number of on-road, epidemiological, and simulator-based studies reported the negative impact of talking on a cell phone on driving behavior. However, the impact of text messaging on simulated driving performance is still not fully understood. METHOD Forty ...

Sleepiness and ethanol effects on simulated driving.

Twelve healthy young men were assessed in each of four experimental conditions presented in a Latin Square design: 8-hr time in bed (TIB) and placebo, 4-hr TIB and placebo, 8-hr TIB and ethanol, and 4-hr TIB and ethanol. After consuming ethanol (0.6 g/kg) or placebo (0900-0930 hr) with 20% supplements at 1030 and 1100 hr, subjects were tested for sleepiness (Multiple Sleep Latency Test at 1000,...