title: [Effect of ethanol on ability to drive a motor vehicle].
abstract: From laboratory tests ensues a relatively small influence of ethanol on different functions which affect the ability to drive a motor vehicle. Under laboratory conditions ethanol protracts the simple reaction time surprisingly very little, at concentrations of 1 g/kg, 1.28 times (5). Despite this the relative risk of a fatal accident of the driver of a motor car at ethanol concentrations of 0.5-0.9 g/kg is nine times greater as compared with a sober driver (19). The problem behavior theory tries to explain this apparent contradiction (9).
authors.affiliation: Soudnĕlékarské oddĕlení, Nemocnice Ceské Budĕjovice.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vorel
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D001334:Automobile Driving; D000431:Ethanol / Q000097:blood / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol