Assessing driver status: a demonstration experiment on the road.
Twenty subjects completed an on-the-road experiment that consisted of two parts on two separate days. One was a one-hour driving test under the influence of alcohol (BAC less than = 0.05%), the second a two-and-a-half-hour driving test under vigilance conditions. Impairment of driving performance was measured in a car-following test as well as in a standard driving test. Changes in relevant physiological parameters, such as ECG and EEG, reflected changes in driver status and predicted driving performance impairment.
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Traffic Research Centre, University of Groningen, Haren, The Netherlands.
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D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001334:Automobile Driving; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004569:Electroencephalography; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology