This qualitative study explored the risk in the practice of young designated drivers transporting drunken peers. Young drivers 18-29 years old in Alberta, Canada participated in 12 focus groups (N = 146). Interviews were semi-structured. A key finding is that when highly intoxicated youth are driven by a designated driver who is a peer, they are likely to behave in ways that are unsafe. Unsafe ...

Barrier islands are heavily influenced by external drivers such as sea-level rise, storm-related disturbances, and other complex factors that affect net sediment exchange. Numerous ecological processes (e.g., dispersal, competition, and facilitation) interact with these drivers and ultimately influence barrier-island state change and therefore stability. Our synthesis of physical and ecological...

Recommendations for older driver-friendly automobile interior design have been determined by taking into account older people’s physical and cognitive characteristics. Twenty three older people (aged from 54 to 78) and five younger people (from 20 to 29) performed several tasks in actual driving conditions, in which their reaction times and performance errors were recorded. Some design factors ...

Background: Taking the drivers' health into account from different perspectives is important. This study aimed to examine how heavy vehicle drivers' blood parameters are related to their road accident risk. Materials & Methods: A descriptive study was conducted among 200 drivers of heavy vehicles. The blood parameters were determined based on the medical records of drivers, as well as data on ...