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Sleepy drivers may be causing more crashes than thought
(HealthDay)—Driver fatigue causes many more car accidents in the United States than previously estimated, a new report suggests.
Feb 8, 2018
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
In-person license renewal tied to fewer crash hospitalizations of drivers with dementia
Requiring physicians to report patients with dementia to state driver's licensing authorities is not associated with fewer hospitalizations from motor vehicle crashes. However, in-person license renewal laws and vision testing ...
Jan 31, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Risk of distracted driving predicted by age, gender, personality and driving frequency
New research identifies age, gender, personality and how often people drive as potential risk factors for becoming distracted while driving. Young men, extroverted or neurotic people, and people who drive more often were ...
Nov 17, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Scientists identify genetic drivers of common lymphoma
An international team of scientists has pinpointed the genetic drivers of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma—the most common type of blood cancer—and determined the genes' clinical significance. The study, published in the ...
Oct 31, 2017
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Keeping your driving teen focused on the road
(HealthDay)—A 17-year-old Minnesota teen runs a red light, killing a father and his 10-year-old daughter.
Oct 24, 2017
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Health
Older drivers adapt their thinking to improve road hazard detection
A recent study finds that older drivers showed adaptive responses according to the amount of traffic in a driving scene when identifying road hazards. Although younger drivers are faster and more accurate at identifying driving ...
Sep 26, 2017
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Older drivers who experience falls may be at a higher risk for car crashes
As we age, our ability to drive may help us live independently, shop for ourselves, and maintain social connections. Although car crash rates are low among older adults and are declining, older adults do still have higher ...
Sep 13, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Mind wandering is common during driving
Researchers in the United States have investigated mind wandering in volunteers during a driving simulation. When prompted at random during the simulation, the volunteers reported mind wandering 70% of the time. Using electrophysiological ...
Aug 31, 2017
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Other
The data on who's driving too fast
Would you get behind the wheel drunk? Would you travel 65km/h in a 60 zone? The impact on driving performance is roughly the same, and is the message QUT's Centre for Accident Research & Road Safety - Queensland (CARRS-Q) ...
Aug 21, 2017
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Cars, bicycles and the fatal myth of equal reciprocity
Any public conversation about on-road cycling in Australia seems to have only one metaphor for the relationship between drivers and cyclists: equal reciprocity.
Aug 17, 2017
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