Issues in Driving Impairment

Every day, dozens of individuals die in the United States due to motor vehicle accidents that involve an impaired driver. The annual cost for alcohol related collisions alone totals approximately 60 billion dollars. However, impaired driving can be caused by other psychoactive drugs—in fact; drugs other than alcohol are involved in, approximately 18% of motor vehicle driver fatalities according to the CDC. In our ever increasingly busy society, the importance of the public safety issues of driving while fatigued and/or distracted are also covered in this issue.
Source: Disease a Month - Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Tags: Foreword Source Type: research