Effect of moderated doses of alcohol on behavior of drivers confronted to simulated scenarios of accident
MESKALI ; HIRT ; AILLERIE ; GINEYT ; LOUVETON ; BERTHELON
Type de document
COMMUNICATION ORALE SANS ACTES (COM)
Langue
anglais
Auteur
MESKALI ; HIRT ; AILLERIE ; GINEYT ; LOUVETON ; BERTHELON
Résumé / Abstract
Epidemiological studies showed that alcohol is a major cause of mortal accidents, in particular at night and at week end, and that the risk of accident was directly linked to the rate of alcohol in the blood. However, there is lack of behavioral measures that could be used to define a dangerous threshold for driving and if some variables are a good indicator of impaired behavior in monotonous situations, we have less information about what arrive in urban situations. We thus made an alcohol calibration study in urban environment where we introduced scenarios of accidents. Sixteen participants drank a beverage to obtain 0, 0.3, 0.5, 0,8g of alcohol per liter of blood, then drove a simulator. Seven scenarios of accident were introduced in an urban circuit. We analyzed the number of accident and the strategies adopted by the drivers as a function of blood alcohol level in the blood. Such results of calibration could be very useful with respect to the legislations in the European countries, Pros and Cons for zero-tolerance regulations or for regulations based on the degree of impairment. Alcohol, urban scenarios, driving simulation.
Editeur
INRETS, LCPC
