Assessing the impact of cannabis use on freeway driving performance and practices: A comparative analysis with placebo and alcohol-influenced driving
Multiple factors of lateral and longitudinal vehicle control on the freeway showed statistical significance. Drivers under the influence of cannabis exhibited higher rates of driving errors but also showed more cautious behaviors such as generally lower speeds on the freeway. Compared with alcohol, effect sizes varied. For longitudinal control, there were larger effect sizes for alcohol with speed effects in opposite directions, but relatively equivalent effect sizes for lateral control and driving errors associated with lane keeping.
Authors
- Gary Gaffney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1842-7902)
- Rose Schmitt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8712-975X)
- Timothy L. Brown (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7530-9801)
- Cole Kruse (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-2316-8999)
- Gary Milavetz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3822-1285)
Institutions
- University of Iowa (US)
- Safer Sim (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Traffic Injury Prevention
- Published
- 2024-09-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/15389588.2024.2393215
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.45
Funders
- Sobolev Institute of Mathematics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences
- National Institute on Drug Abuse