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Citation |
Hartung B, Ritz-Timme S, Schwender H, Mindiashvili N, Daldrup T. Int. J. Legal Med. 2015; 129(5): 1011-1020. |
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Affiliation |
Institute of Legal Medicine, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany, benno.hartung@med.uni-duesseldorf.de. |
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Copyright |
(Copyright © 2015, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group) |
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25833169 |
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Abstract |
To examine the effects of alcohol regarding the fitness required to ride a bicycle, practical cycling tests, accompanied by medical examinations, were carried out at different blood alcohol concentrations. Seventy-eight persons were included in the trials (41 males, 37 females). Eighty-three evaluable trials were obtained. Men committed less coordinative driving faults with comparable blood alcohol concentrations. Single highly alcoholized men were able to safely ride their bicycle; however, each of the female test persons had at least one severe driving fault at blood alcohol levels above 1.43 g/kg. Women tended to exhibit signs of alcoholization in the medical examination reports earlier than men. Language: en |