Reported prevalence of health conditions that affect drivers

Albert Lee,Francisco Alonso,Cristina Esteban,Jaime Sanmartín,Sergio A. Useche

doi:10.1080/2331205x.2017.1303920

Abstract

Drivers’ health and fitness are essential factors in order to predict performance outcomes and to promote road safety. It is a demonstrated fact that drivers with (physical and mental) health impai...

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Driving is a complex task that demands to interact properly with the vehicle and the environmental conditions at the same time
The results clearly showed that it was common symptoms or illnesses what made participants feel unfit to drive
This research has been designed to accomplish both a general as four specific objectives. This discussion will be systematically developed at glance of each of its general and specific purposes, in order to keep a discursive concordance between the obtained results and the supporting/contrasting evidence found in the existing literature on the adverse health conditions affecting drivers and its relationship and implications to road safety and drivers’ welfare

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Introduction

Driving is a complex task that demands to interact properly with the vehicle and the environmental conditions at the same time For this reason, it is essential to perceive, process, and interpret the information accurately, as well as to select and perform the appropriate road behaviors (NZTA, 2009). It is essential to perceive, process, and interpret the information accurately, as well as to select and perform the appropriate road behaviors (NZTA, 2009) This process takes place in mid of the interaction with a long list of factors that influences the performance of drivers, such as experience, driving abilities, attitudes, requests and expectations, as well as physical, psychological, emotional health, and the possible use of medication to treat different types of illnesses (NTC, 2003; NTC & FORS, 1997). Long-term illnesses, their symptoms or the medical treatment for them may impair a driver’s ability to drive safely

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