Drivers who do not take regular breaks when driving long distances run a high risk of becoming drowsy a state which they often fail to recognize early enough according to the experts. Studies show that around one quarter of all serious motorway accidents are attributable to sleepy drivers in need of a rest, meaning that drowsiness causes more road accidents than drink-driving. Attention assist ...

OBJECTIVE Brazil lacks information about driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI) originated from representative samples obtained from the general population. METHOD 333 subjects with a valid driver's license and drinking in the last 12 months were drawn from a multistaged sample of 2,346 adults from the first Brazilian Household Survey of Patterns of Alcohol Use. A multivariate analysis ...

OBJECTIVES The consumption of alcohol mixed with energy drinks (AmED) is popular on college campuses in the United States. Limited research suggests that energy drink consumption lessens subjective intoxication in persons who also have consumed alcohol. This study examines the relationship between energy drink use, high-risk drinking behavior, and alcohol-related consequences. METHODS In Fall...

OBJECTIVES To explore current alcohol drinking patterns, behaviours and attitudes in Great Britain. DESIGN AND SETTING Independent online cross-sectional survey. PATIENTS AND INTERVENTIONS Survey of 2221 individuals from a representative panel. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES AND RESULTS Excessive alcohol consumption is a widespread problem across Great Britain. Binge-drinking is common among 18-24...

It has been shown repeatedly that adolescents are over-represented in crashes among all classes of road user, compared with other age groups. Causation of this overrepresentation is complex, with many different factors implicated from both basic and applied research perspectives. Ultimately, applications of theories of human behaviour must guide road safety studies of road user behaviour, and a...

2 Yichun Vocational Technical College, Yichun, 336000, P. R. China Abstract: A drink driving online control system based on photoelectric detection technology is introduced in the paper. The system can take the initiative to force motor vehicle drivers to test their drinking status, and reasonably control the driver’s behavior accordingly. The basic principle is to use the characteristic that 1...