Evidence for Drivers

Variability in clinicians’ opinions regarding fitness to drive in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS)

survey of clinicians's advice to patients with obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome regarding fitness to drive.

Author(s): Dwarakanath, M. Twiddy, D. Ghosh, S. L. Jamson, P. D. Baxter and M. W. Elliott

Published: British Thoracic Society, November 2014
Date: 02 Jun 2017
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Van Crashes in Great Britain: How Van Drivers Compare to All Motorists

An analysis of injuries in Britain between 2008 and 2012 involving a van.

Author(s): Road Safety Analysis

Published: AXA business insurance, 2014
Date: 22 Apr 2016
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Validation of the Driver Stress Inventory in China: Relationship with dangerous driving behaviours

A study validating a Chinese version of the Driver Stress Inventory (DSI) and exploring its correlation with dangerous driving behaviours and gender.

Author(s): Qu, Q. Zhang, W. Zhao, K. Zhang and Y. Ge

Published: Accident Analysis & Prevention, February 2016
Date: 02 Jun 2017
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Validation of a screening battery to predict driving fitness in people with Parkinson's disease

A study to validate a screening tool in a sample of drivers with Parkinson's Disease.

Author(s): Devos, W. Vandenberghe, A. Nieuwboer, M. Tant, W. De Weerdt, J. D. Dawson, E. Y. Uc

Published: Management Disorders, February 2013
Date: 02 Jun 2017
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Utility of the MOCA as a cognitive predictor for fitness to drive

Evaluation of the potential of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MOCA) as a screening tool

Author(s): Esser, S. Dent, C. Jones, B. J. Sheridan, A. Bradley, D. T. Wade and H. Dawes

Published: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 2015
Date: 02 Jun 2017
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Useful Field of View Predicts Driving in the Presence of Distracters

Examination of whether the effectiveness of the Useful Field of View test in predicting crash risk among older adults is due to the ability of the UFOV to predict difficulties in attention-demanding driving situations that involve either visual or auditory distracters.

Author(s): Wood JM, Chaparro A, Lacherez P and Hickson L.

Published: Optom. Vis. Sci.; 89(4), 2012
Date: 26 Jun 2013
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Understanding inappropriate high speed: a quantitative analysis

Survey and focus group study of drivers experiences and perceptions regarding speed choice

Author(s): S. Stradling, P. Broughton, N. Kinnear, C. O’Dolan, R. Fuller, M. Gormley, B. Hannigan

Published: Department for Transport, Road Safety Research Report No.93, 2008
Date: 07 Mar 2014
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Understanding inappropriate high speed: a qualitative analysis

Focus group and survey study of drivers

Author(s): R. Fuller, B. Hannigan, H. Bates, M. Gormley, S. Stradling, P. Broughton, N. Kinnear, C. O’Dolan

Published: Department for Transport, Road Safety Research Report No. 94, 2008
Date: 07 Mar 2014
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Ultrashort sleep-waking schedule. III. ‘Gates’ and ‘Forbidden zones’ for sleep

Three experiments which utilized an ultrashort sleep-waking cycle to investigate the 24 h structure of sleepiness after 1 night of sleep deprivation under 2 experimental conditions.

Author(s): Lavie, P.

Published: Electroencephalography Clinical Neurophysiology, 63 (5), 414-425. (1986)
Date: 28 Dec 2013
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Two-phase driver education models applied in Finland and in Austria–Do we have evidence to support the two phase models?

Examination of the effects of 2nd phase driver education in Finland and Austria.

Author(s): Mynttinen, S., Gatscha, M., Koivukoski, M., Hakuli, K., & Keskinen, E.

Published: Transportation research part F: traffic psychology and behaviour, 13(1), 63-70, 2010
Date: 01 Feb 2014
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