@article{ref1,
title="Alcohol and road traffic accidents with severe injury to the driver (pilot study)",
journal="Proceedings International Council on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety Conference",
year="1981",
author="Bonnichsen, R. and Solarz, A.",
volume="1981",
number="",
pages="144-159",
abstract="The results obtained from a study of 6725 &quot;drunken driving&quot; cases from a four month period 1976 indicate a growing tendency of medicine consumption in connection with driving (13% in 1965, 23% in 1976). Sedatives, analgesics and stimulants which are considered to be dangerous in road traffic, appear most frequently. The results from the study suggest a cause-effect relationship between the influence of medicine and road traffic accidents or near accident situations. The authors discuss selected conclusions concerning the following problems: general characteristics of drivers taking medicines; the current law on &quot;other intoxicants than alcohol&quot; and the difficulties in its observance; the need of more information about driving and medicine; the programme for further research of some pharmaceutical, chemical, criminal-political and legal aspects of driving under the influence of medicine, and the need for closer cooperation between research groups from different countries. (TRRL)<p />",
language="",
issn="",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}