title: Comparison of On-Road Driving Between Young Adults With and Without ADHD.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study compared video recordings from routine driving of ADHD and non-ADHD young adults to identify differences in driving behaviors.
  
  
  METHODS
  A matched sample of young adult drivers with and without ADHD are compared via blinded ratings of videoed g-force events recorded by DriveCam technology over 3 months of on-road driving.
  
  
  RESULTS
  ADHD drivers were significantly more likely to have more crashes, minor events, and g-force events. G-force events for the ADHD drivers involved significantly more risky and illegal, hyperactive/impulsive, and distracted behaviors. The g-force events of non-ADHD drivers were due to evasive, defensive driving or lapses in attention.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Increased risk for ADHD drivers may be the result of increased risk taking, increased hyperactivity/impulsivity or distraction behavior, and increased vulnerability to factors that interfere with driving in general, whereas the consequences of faulty driving were either higher or potentially higher in those drivers with ADHD.
authors: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA rlm3u@virginia.edu.
authors: Richard L
authors: RL
authors: Merkel
authors: University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.
authors: J Quyen
authors: JQ
authors: Nichols
authors: Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR, USA.
authors: Jonathan C
authors: JC
authors: Fellers
authors: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
authors: Priscilla
authors: P
authors: Hidalgo
authors: University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA.
authors: Lady A
authors: LA
authors: Martinez
authors: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
authors: Ivan
authors: I
authors: Putziger
authors: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
authors: Roger C
authors: RC
authors: Burket
authors: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
authors: Daniel J
authors: DJ
authors: Cox
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000523:psychology*; D001334:Automobile Driving; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006948:Hyperkinesis / Q000523:psychology; D007175:Impulsive Behavior; D008297:Male; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: ADHD; driving; young adults