@article{ref1,
title="Highway driving safety the day after using sleep medication: the direction of lapses and excursions out-of-lane in drowsy drivers",
journal="Journal of sleep research",
year="2018",
author="Verster, Joris C. and Mooren, Loes and Bervoets, Adriana C. and Roth, Thomas",
volume="27",
number="3",
pages="e12622-e12622",
abstract="The primary outcome measure of the on-road driving test is the Standard Deviation of Lateral Position. However, other outcome measures, such as lapses and excursions out-of-lane, also need to be considered as they may be related to crash risk. The aim of this study was to determine the direction of lapses and excursions out-of-lane (i.e. towards/into the adjacent traffic lane or towards/into the road shoulder). In total, data from 240 driving tests were re-analysed, and 628 lapses and 401 excursions out-of-lane were identified. The analyses revealed that lapses were made equally frequently over left (49.4%) and over right (43.3%). In contrast, excursions out-of-lane were almost exclusively directed over right into the (safer) road shoulder (97.3%). These findings suggest that drivers are unaware of having lapses, whereas excursions out-of-lane are events where the driver is aware of loss of vehicle control.<br><br>© 2017 The Authors. Journal of Sleep Research published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of European Sleep Research Society.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0962-1105",
doi="10.1111/jsr.12622",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jsr.12622"
}