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SMOKING AND NIGHT DRIVING
Author(s) -
JOHANSSON GUNNAR,
JANSSON GUNNAR
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.743
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9450
pISSN - 0036-5564
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9450.1965.tb01061.x
Subject(s) - psychology , audiology , glare , medicine , organic chemistry , layer (electronics) , chemistry
Two experiments were performed with an apparatus simulating night driving conditions in order to study the effect of smoking on detection time and redetection time after glare. In the experimental sessions the subjects smoked two standard cigarettes during 15 min. There were no significant differences in results between these sessions and the control sessions without smoking. The conclusion is that the effect of tobacco smoking on the ability to detect objects on the road is from a practical point of view negligible.