Automobile Driving of People with Higher Brain Dysfunctions

[Automobile driving fitness of patients with nystagmus].

BACKGROUND By law, applicants for driver's licenses not only have to have sufficient vision, but also have to use this sight reliably. The nystagmus patient takes advantage of ocularly induced head turns and other forms of compensation. In the approved test procedures he is deprived of such compensations. MATERIALS AND METHODS The eye movements of a nystagmus patient were recorded oculographi...

[Cannabis and automobile driving].

Cannabis use has increased considerably during the last 15 years. One of the major problems dealing with cannabis use is driving under the influence of drugs. With the exception of ethyl alcohol, the majority of the epidemiological studies have shown that cannabis is the most frequently detected substance in people suspected of driving under the influence of drugs. Experimental studies are ther...

Automobile Driving And Aggressive Behavior

Automobile driving and aggressive behavior have had an extensive association. Themes of dominance and territoriality have long been part of automobile driving, which has aLso involved flagrant assaultive actions. Recent episodes of roadway violence in metropolitan areas have raised community concem about aggressive behavior in driving, although common beliefs about why such violence occurs can ...

Automobile driving in Huntington's disease.

We assessed the influence of the neurological and cognitive impairments of Huntington's disease (HD) on automobile driving. In a group of 73 HD outpatients, 53 (72%) continued to drive after illness onset. Those no longer driving had more severe symptoms than those still driving. Twenty-nine HD patients who were still driving and 16 healthy control subjects underwent a clinical examination, a c...

[Fitness for automobile driving after inhalation narcosis].