Impaired Driving

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Impaired Driving

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Summary

Impaired driving is dangerous. It's the cause of more than half of all car crashes. It means operating a motor vehicle while you are affected by

Alcohol
Legal or illegal drugs
Sleepiness
Distractions, such as using a cell phone or texting
Having a medical condition which affects your driving

For your safety and the safety of others, do not drive while impaired. Have someone else drive you or take public transportation when you cannot drive. If you need to take a call or send a text message, pull over.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

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Dangers of Texting While Driving (Federal Communications Commission)
Impaired Driving (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Also in Spanish

Diagnosis and Tests

Blood Alcohol Level (National Library of Medicine) Also in Spanish

Prevention and Risk Factors

CDC Vital Signs: Motor Vehicle Crash Injuries: Costly but Preventable (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Also in Spanish

Specifics

Allergy Meds Could Affect Your Driving (Food and Drug Administration) Also in Spanish
Distracted Driving (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Also in Spanish
Driving After a Stroke (American Stroke Association)
Driving When You Have Cataracts (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - PDF
Drugged Driving (National Institute on Drug Abuse) Also in Spanish
Some Sleep Drugs Can Impair Driving (Food and Drug Administration) Also in Spanish
Texting on the Move (Nemours Foundation)

Statistics and Research

Alcohol-Impaired Driving (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - PDF
Among High School Seniors, Driving After Marijuana Use Surpasses Drunk Driving (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
CDC Vital Signs: Motor Vehicle Crash Deaths (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Also in Spanish
Driver Electronic Device Use in 2017 (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - PDF
Drowsy Driving: Asleep at the Wheel (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Drugged Driving (National Institute on Drug Abuse) Also in Spanish
State Alcohol-Impaired-Driving Estimates (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - PDF

Clinical Trials

ClinicalTrials.gov: Driving Under the Influence (National Institutes of Health)

Journal Articles References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)

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Teenagers

CDC Vital Signs: Teen Drinking and Driving (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
On the road (Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Women's Health)

Seniors

Driving Safety and Alzheimer's Disease (National Institute on Aging)
How Do You Know When It's Time to Give up the Keys? (Administration for Community Living) - PDF
Older Drivers (National Institute on Aging) Also in Spanish

Patient Handouts

Breath alcohol test (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
Dementia and driving (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish