PATH - Post-Accident Testing Heuristics

A key objective of this study was to develop and test procedures that can be used in a driving simulator and that could be used to evaluate the impact of several classes of prescription medications on the driving performance of commercial motor vehicle operators. The main point was to determine whether these procedures could be developed and whether they would demonstrate the issues that can arise under the influence of Triazolam and other prescription and over-the-counter medications. Chapter One is a review of the drugs and driving literature and a discussion of how and why Triazolam was chooses as the study drug. Chapter Two describes the experimental plan and its safeguards. Chapter Three discusses the paper-and-pencil surveys completed by the participants. Chapter Four presents the psychomotor tests and their methods. Chapter Five examines the impact of Triazolam on the driving performance of the participants in the bus driving simulator. Chapter Six reviewed the experimental data and was primarily concerned with the issue of individual differences.