Also called: Also called: Distracted driving, Drugged driving, Drunk driving

Start Here

• Distractions in Everyday Driving(AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety) - Links to PDF - http://www.aaafoundation.org/pdf/DistractedDrivingBrochure.pdf
• Impaired Driving(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/drving.htm
  Also available in Spanish http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/drving-sp.htm

Prevention/Screening

• How to Avoid Drowsy Driving(AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety) - Links to PDF - http://www.aaafoundation.org/pdf/DrowsyDrivingBrochure.pdf

Specific Conditions

• Drugged Driving(National Institute on Drug Abuse) - http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofacts/driving.html
  Also available in Spanish http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofacts/driving-Sp.html
• Some Medications and Driving Don't Mix(Food and Drug Administration) - http://www.fda.gov/consumer/updates/driving121108.html
• What Is Drowsy Driving?(National Sleep Foundation) - http://www.drowsydriving.org/site/c.lqLPIROCKtF/b.3468651/k.7145/What_is_Drowsy_Driving.htm

Related Issues

• Alzheimer's: When to Stop Driving(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/print/alzheimers/HO00046/METHOD=print
• Can I Drive After a Stroke?(American Stroke Association) - http://www.strokeassociation.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3005465
• Dementia & Driving(Family Caregiver Alliance) - http://www.caregiver.org/caregiver/jsp/content_node.jsp?nodeid=432
• Driving and You (Epilepsy)(Epilepsy Foundation) - http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org/answerplace/Social/driving/drivingu.cfm
  Also available in Spanish http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org/contestacion/social/conduccion/
• Driving When You Have Arthritis(National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/olddrive/Arthritis/index.htm
• Driving When You Have Diabetes(National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/olddrive/Diabetes%20Web/
• Driving When You Have Glaucoma(National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/olddrive/Driving_glaucoma/
• Driving When You Have Had Seizures(National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/olddrive/Seizures%20Web/
• Driving When You Have Macular Degeneration(National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/olddrive/Driving_macular/
• Driving When You Have Parkinson’s Disease(National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/olddrive/Parkinsons%20Web/
• Driving When You Have Sleep Apnea(National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - Links to PDF - http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/olddrive/Sleep%20Apnea/images/Apnea2005.pdf
• Get the Keys: How You Can Intervene(National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/alcohol/innocent/index.html
• The ABCs of BAC: A Guide to Understanding Blood Alcohol Concentration and Alcohol Impairment(National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - Links to PDF - http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/alcohol/StopImpaired/ABCsBACWeb/images/ABCBACscr.pdf

Health Check Tools

• Sleeping and Driving Don't Mix: Sleep Quiz(AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety) - http://www.aaafoundation.org/quizzes/index.cfm?button=drowsyquiz

Videos

• Drowsy Driving(Harvard Medical School) - http://healthysleep.med.harvard.edu/video/sleep07_czeisler_driving

Research

• Alcohol-Related Traffic Deaths(National Institutes of Health) - Links to PDF - http://www.nih.gov/about/researchresultsforthepublic/AlcoholRelatedTrafficDeaths.pdf

Journal Articles

• Article: Engineering. Can technology get your eyes back on the road? - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=19372419&tool=MedlinePlus
• Article: Daytime sleepiness and driving performance in patients with obstructive sleep... - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=19294958&tool=MedlinePlus
• Article: Effects of simulator practice and real-world experience on cell-phone-related driver... - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=19292012&tool=MedlinePlus
• Impaired Driving -- see more articles - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=search&db=pubmed&term=(cellular+phone[majr]+OR+fatigue[mh]+OR+attention[mh]+OR+awareness[mh]+OR+alcohol+drinking[mh]+OR+alcoholic+intoxication[mh]+OR+prescription+drugs/adverse+effects[mh]+OR+nonprescription+drugs/adverse+effects[mh]+OR+street+drugs/adverse+effects[mh])+AND+automobile+driving[majr]+AND+humans[mh]+AND+english[la]+NOT+(letter[pt]+OR+editorial[pt])&doptcmdl=summary&cmd_current=Limits&pmfilter_EDatLimit=last+1+Year&tool=MedlinePlus

Organizations

• Dept. of Transportation - http://www.dot.gov/
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/
• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism - http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/
• National Institute on Drug Abuse - http://www.nida.nih.gov/

Law and Policy

• NHTSA Policy and FAQs on Cellular Phone Use While Driving(National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/portal/site/nhtsa/template.MAXIMIZE/menuitem.416f74e8613992381601031046108a0c/?javax.portlet.tpst=4427b997caacf504a8bdba101891ef9a_ws_MX&javax.portlet.prp_4427b997caacf504a8bdba101891ef9a_viewID=detail_view&itemID=d01bab6383f62010VgnVCM1000002c567798RCRD&viewType=standard
• State Highway Safety Laws(Governors Highway Safety Association) - http://www.ghsa.org/html/stateinfo/index.html

Statistics

• 2007 Traffic Safety Annual Assessment: Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities(National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - Links to PDF - http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/811016.PDF
• Differences in Driver Alcohol Involvement Age Group and Vehicle Type(National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - Links to PDF - http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/810754.PDF
• Driver Electronic Device Use in 2007(National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - Links to PDF - http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/810963.PDF
• Repeat Intoxicated Driver Laws(National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - Links to PDF - http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/staticfiles/DOT/NHTSA/Rulemaking/Articles/Associated%20Files/10%20Repeat%20Intoxicated%20Driver.pdf
• State Estimates of Persons Aged 18 or Older Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol or Illicit Drugs(Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) - http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/2k8/stateDUI/stateDUI.htm

Teenagers

• AD/HD and Driving(Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder) - http://www.help4adhd.org/en/living/parenting/driving
  Also available in Spanish http://www.help4adhd.org/es/living/parenting/driving
• Awake at the Wheel(National Center on Sleep Disorders Research) - Links to PDF - http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/sleep/aaw/brochure.pdf
• Driving toward Disaster? Steer Your Teen Away from Marijuana(Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) - http://www.family.samhsa.gov/teach/driving.aspx
• Learning How to Drive with OI(Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation) - Links to PDF - http://www.oif.org/site/DocServer/Learning_to_Drive.pdf?docID=7214
• Teen Driving: Drugged? Drunk? Distracted?(National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign) - Links to PDF - http://www.theantidrug.com/advice/teens-today/drugged-drunk-and-distracted-driving/DrivingFactSheet.pdf
• Texting on the Move(Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/teen/safety/driving/texting.html

You may also be interested in these MedlinePlus related pages:

• Motor Vehicle Safety - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/motorvehiclesafety.html
• Safety Issues - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/safetyissues.html