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Citation

Galéra C, Orriols L, M'bailara K, Laborey M, Contrand B, Ribéreau-Gayon R, Masson F, Bakiri S, Gabaude C, Fort A, Maury B, Lemercier C, Cours M, Bouvard MP, Lagarde E. BMJ 2012; 345: e8105.

Affiliation

ISPED, Centre INSERM U897-Epidemiologie-Biostatistique, University of Bordeaux, F-33000 Bordeaux, France.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1136/bmj.e8105

PMID

23241270

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To assess the association between mind wandering (thinking unrelated to the task at hand) and the risk of being responsible for a motor vehicle crash. DESIGN: Responsibility case-control study. SETTING: Adult emergency department of a university hospital in France, April 2010 to August 2011. PARTICIPANTS: 955 drivers injured in a motor vehicle crash. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Responsibility for the crash, mind wandering, external distraction, negative affect, alcohol use, psychotropic drug use, and sleep deprivation. Potential confounders were sociodemographic and crash characteristics. RESULTS: Intense mind wandering (highly disrupting/distracting content) was associated with responsibility for a traffic crash (17% (78 of 453 crashes in which the driver was thought to be responsible) v 9% (43 of 502 crashes in which the driver was not thought to be responsible); adjusted odds ratio 2.12, 95% confidence interval 1.37 to 3.28). CONCLUSIONS: Mind wandering while driving, by decoupling attention from visual and auditory perceptions, can jeopardise the ability of the driver to incorporate information from the environment, thereby threatening safety on the roads.


Keywords: Driver distraction;


Language: en

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