NTL Record

Title Drug Abuse and Driving Performance
Record ID 25332
Personal Name
Creator
Blomberg, Richard D.; Preusser, David F.
Source 1 v. (various pagings) : ill.
Corporate Creator Dunlap and Associates, Inc.
Corporate
Contributor
United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Publisher United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Publication Date 19721000
Language English
Abstract Data on 1562 methadone maintenance patients in New York State were gathered through face-to-face interviews. A control group of 1059 people was constructed by asking the experimentals to volunteer names of non-addicted friends. State driver records for 718 experimentals and 579 controls were obtained and analyzed. In general, experimental subjects were no worse drivers than the controls for the entire period covered by the driver records. This was so despite the fact that experimentals estimated their mileage to be at or above the national average throughout their abuse of non-narcotic and narcotic drugs and during their methadone treatment. It was also found that drug abusers who drive are likely to drive immediately after using drugs. /Abstract from report summary page/
Rosap ID dot:1081
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/1081
TRT Terms Drugged drivers; Heroin; Driver records; Interviewing
General Subjects Impaired driving, Drugs
Classification NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - SAFETY AND SECURITY;
NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Human Factors
Geographical
Coverage
United States
TRIS Online
Accession No
00261717
Contract Number DOT-HS-099-1-184
Report Number DOT-HS-800-754; ED-72-23; NTIS-PB216417
Availability NHTSA - Behavioral Safety Research
Resource type Research Paper
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/25000/25300/25332/DOT-HS-800-754.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository