Lay People's Understanding about Alcohol and Drug-Related impairment
Many substances, such as alcohol, cannabis, illicit drugs, and some prescription drugs, have the potential to impair driving ability, making it imperative to examine people's understanding and judgments about these impairing effects and their influence on driving. While previous research has shed some light on this topic, this project aims to fill these gaps in the literature by conducting an experimental study to address lay people's understanding of alcohol and other drug-impairment and impaired driving: What judgments do lay people make about their own and others' alcohol and other drug-impairment and impaired driving? How does people's understanding and/or judgments vary by drug type? What is the influence of situational factors on people's judgments about alcohol- and other drug-impairment and impaired driving? What is the relationship between people's level of understanding and their judgments about impairment and alcohol- and other drug-impaired driving? To address these questions, the project will recruit participants from an appropriate existing research panel, develop impaired driving-related vignettes for the experiment, develop a questionnaire that gathers information related to the research questions including participants' general knowledge and understanding of the issue and their judgments of the vignettes, conduct the data collection, analyze the data and produce a final report on the findings. This research has important implications for the traffic safety and will also be useful in informing future research, developing behavioral safety countermeasures, and improving other impaired driving-related systems and processes.
693JJ921D000034
693JJ921F000164
Washington, D.C. United States 20590
Office of Behavioral Safety Research
Washington, District of Columbia United States 20590
Jeleniewski, Stacy
stacy.jeleniewski@dot.gov
ToXcel, LLC
7140 Heritage Village Plaza
Gainesville, VA United States 20155
USDOT Program: Behavioral Safety Research
Subprogram: Alcohol Impaired Driving
Subprogram: Drug Impaired Driving
TRT Terms: Comprehension; Drugged drivers; Drunk driving; Impaired drivers; Judgment (Human characteristics); Knowledge; Traffic safety
Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;
Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Contract Numbers: 693JJ921D000034, 693JJ921F000164
Created Date: Oct 19 2021 4:49PM