alcohol

Ethanol impairment of driving: blood/breath alcohol concentration (BAC) and its dose-response degradation of reaction time, lane-keeping, and divided attention; drunk driving and alcohol-attributable crashes. Strictly ethanol, distinct from cannabis (THC), opioids (opioid analgesics/heroin), illicit_drugs (stimulants and other illegal substances), prescription_meds (legal sedating medications), and polydrug (alcohol combined with any of these).

Relevant standards

  • Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1243 — Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1243 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2144 by laying down detailed rules concerning the alcohol interlock installation facilitation in motor vehicles
  • EN 50436-1:2023 — Alcohol interlocks - Test methods and performance requirements - Part 1: Instruments having a mouthpiece and measuring breath alcohol for drink-driving-offender programs and general preventive use
  • EN 50436-2:2014 — Alcohol interlocks - Test methods and performance requirements - Part 2: Instruments having a mouthpiece and measuring breath alcohol for general preventive use
  • SAE J3214 — Breath-Based Alcohol Detection System

340 paper(s) · ranked by relevance to this topic

  1. Effects of Ethanol on Control of Attention · 1997 · Newman, David H. et al. · indexed
  2. Effects of Low Doses of Alcohol on Driving-Related Skills: A Review of the Evidence · 1988 · Moskowitz, Herbert, 1925- et al. · archived
  3. Driver Characteristics and Impairment at Various BACs · 2000 · Moskowitz, Herbert, 1925- et al. · archived
  4. Effects of alcohol on automated and controlled driving performances · 2013 · Berthelon, Catherine et al. · archived
  5. Sleepiness and Ethanol Effects on Simulated Driving · 1994 · Roehrs, Timothy et al. · indexed
  6. On-the-Road Driving Behavior and Breath Alcohol Concentration · 1976 · Damkot, David K. et al. · archived
  7. Alcohol, Drugs, and Driving · 1974 · Perrine, M. W. · archived
  8. Ethanol‐Induced CNS depression and divided attention · 1995 · Millar, S. A. et al. · indexed
  9. Ethanol Analysis in Blood, Breath and Urine: Interpreting the Results · 2017 · Jones, Alan Wayne · indexed
  10. Review of Technology to Prevent Alcohol-and-Drug Impaired Crashes: Update · 2024 · Pollard, John K. et al. · archived
  11. Alcohol and Highway Safety 1978: A Review of the State of Knowledge [Final Report] · 1978 · Jones, R. K. (Ralph K.) et al. · archived
  12. Influences of Alcohol upon Driving Behavior in an Instrumented Car · 1971 · Perrine, M. W. et al. · archived
  13. Alcohol and Highway Safety 2001: A Review of the State of Knowledge · 2001 · Jones, R. K. (Ralph K.) et al. · archived
  14. Overview of Major Issues Regarding the Impacts of Alcohol and Marijuana on Driving · 2016 · AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety · archived
  15. Review of Technology to Prevent Alcohol-Impaired Crashes (TOPIC) · 2007 · Pollard, John K. et al. · archived
  16. Effects of Drugs and Alcohol on Driver Performance · 1972 · Case, H. W. et al. · archived
  17. Effects of Alcohol on Motorcycle Riding Skills · 2007 · Creaser, Janet I., 1974- et al. · archived
  18. Alcohol and Highway Safety 2006: A Review of the State of Knowledge · 2011 · Voas, Robert B. et al. · archived
  19. Alcohol and Highway Safety: A Bibliography · 1976 · Flynn, Lois · archived
  20. Driving impairment due to sleepiness is exacerbated by low alcohol intake · 2003 · Horne, James A. et al. · indexed
  21. Marijuana, Alcohol and Actual Driving Performance · 1999 · Robbe, Hindrik W. J. et al. · archived
  22. Acute Alcohol Impairment Research in Driving Simulators · 2011 · Creaser, Janet et al. · indexed
  23. Ethanol and Sleep Loss: A “Dose” Comparison of Impairing Effects · 2003 · Roehrs, Timothy et al. · indexed
  24. Effects of alcohol on highway driving in the STISIM driving simulator · 2011 · Mets, Monique A. J. et al. · indexed
  25. Drug and Alcohol Crash Risk: A Case-Control Study · 2016 · Lacey, John H. et al. · archived
  26. The Effects of Fatigue and Alcohol on Highway Safety · 1981 · Ryder, Joan M. et al. · archived
  27. Skills performance at low blood alcohol levels. · 1985 · Moskowitz, H et al. · indexed
  28. Quantifying the performance impairment associated with fatigue · 1999 · Lamond, Nicole et al. · indexed
  29. Effects of alcohol and practice on choice reaction time · 1987 · Maylor, Elizabeth A. et al. · archived
  30. Drug and Alcohol Crash Risk [Traffic Safety Facts]: Research Note · 2015 · Compton, Richard P. et al. · archived
  31. Sedating Effects of Ethanol And Time of Drinking · 1992 · Roehrs, Timothy et al. · indexed
  32. Alcohol dose effects on brain circuits during simulated driving: An fMRI study · 2009 · Meda, Shashwath A. et al. · indexed
  33. The Detection of DWI at BACs below 0.10 · 1997 · Stuster, Jack, 1947- · archived
  34. EFFECTS OF LOW ALCOHOL DOSAGES: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE · 1993 · Krueger, H-P · indexed
  35. Drugs and Driving: A Research Review · 1977 · Joscelyn, Kent B. et al. · archived
  36. The Incidence and Role of Drugs in Fatally Injured Drivers · 1992 · Terhune, K. W. et al. · archived
  37. A Simulator Dataset to Support the Study of Impaired Driving · 2025 · Gideon, John et al. · archived
  38. A comparison of the cell-phone driver and the drunk driver · 2006 · Strayer, D. L. et al. · archived
  39. Alcohol and Older Drivers’ Crashes · 2014 · NHTSA · archived
  40. Cannabis Effects on Driving Skills · 2012 · Hartman, Rebecca L. et al. · indexed
  41. Alcohol Hangover as a Cause of Impairment in Apprehended Drivers · 2014 · Høiseth, Gudrun et al. · indexed
  42. Marijuana, alcohol and actual driving performance · 2000 · Ramaekers, Johannes G. et al. · archived
  43. Preventing Impaired Driving Using IoT on Steering Wheels Approach · 2024 · Razak, Abdul et al. · archived
  44. Marijuana-Impaired Driving - A Report to Congress · 2017 · Compton, Richard P. · archived
  45. Individual Differences in the Sedating Effects of Ethanol · 1990 · Ardith Zwyghuizen‐Doorenbos et al. · indexed
  46. THE PERCEPTION OF RISK INVOLVED IN ALCOHOL-IMPAIRED DRIVING · 1997 · Bergeron, Jacques et al. · indexed
  47. The Effects of 0.08 BAC Laws · 1999 · Apsler, Robert et al. · archived
  48. Measuring driving performance by car-following in traffic · 1994 · BROOKHUIS, KAREL et al. · indexed
  49. Blood alcohol concentration effect on driving performance:A short review · 2017 · Durães, Norberto et al. · indexed
  50. Deterring driving under the influence of cannabis · 2015 · Huestis, Marilyn A. · indexed
  51. Psychophysical Tests for DWI Arrest · 1977 · Burns, Marcelline et al. · archived
  52. Effects of Alcohol and Other Drugs on Driver Performance · 2004 · Ogden, Edward et al. · indexed
  53. Drugs and Driving: Information Needs and Research Requirements · 1979 · Joscelyn, Kent B. et al. · archived
  54. Laboratory Evaluation of Alcohol Safety Interlock Systems, Volume I - Summary Report · 1974 · Abernethy, Charles N., III et al. · archived
  55. Manual for Analysis of Ethanol in Biological Liquids · 1977 · Dubowski, Kurt M. · archived
  56. Drugs and Human Performance Fact Sheets: 2024 · 2024 · Couper, Fiona J. et al. · archived
  57. Relative Risk of Fatal Crash Involvement by BAC, Age, and Gender · 2000 · Zador, Paul et al. · archived
  58. Alcohol, reaction time and memory: A meta‐analysis · 1993 · Maylor, Elizabeth A. et al. · indexed
  59. Evaluation of Utah’s .05 BAC Per Se Law · 2022 · Thomas, F. Dennis et al. · archived
  60. 0.08 BAC Illegal Per Se Level · 1996 · NHTSA · archived
  61. Effect of Marihuana and Alcohol on Visual Search Performance · 1976 · Moskowitz, Herbert, 1925- et al. · archived
  62. The Relationship of Alcohol Abuse to Highway Safety · 1970 · Voas, R. B. et al. · archived
  63. Acute and hang-over effects of alcohol on simulated driving performance. · 1991 · Törnros, Jan et al. · indexed
  64. The Effects of Low Doses of Alcohol on Driving Performance · 1983 · Flanagan, Natalie et al. · indexed
  65. Driving Simulator as a Tool for Reaction Time Measurement · 2022 · Čulík, Kristián et al. · indexed
  66. Alcohol-Crash Problem in Canada, 2008 · 2010 · NHTSA · archived
  67. The role of the drinking driver in traffic accidents (the Grand Rapids study) · 1974 · Borkenstein, R. F. et al. · indexed
  68. The use of psychophysiology to assess driver status · 1993 · Brookhuis, Karel et al. · indexed
  69. Pharmacokinetics of Ethanol - Issues of Forensic Importance. · 2011 · Jones, Alan Wayne · indexed
  70. Alcohol & drug use among drivers : British Columbia roadside survey 2008 · 2009 · Beirness, Douglas J. et al. · archived
  71. Marijuana and Actual Driving Performance · 1993 · Robbe, Hindrik W. J. et al. · archived
  72. Alcohol-Crash Problem in Canada, 2006 · 2009 · NHTSA · archived
  73. Traffic Safety Facts 2000: Alcohol · 2001 · NHTSA · archived
  74. Key Information for Cannabis and DUIC Policy · 2019 · Ward, Nicholas J. et al. · archived
  75. Dose-Related Effects of Alcohol on Cognitive Functioning · 2012 · Dry, Matthew J. et al. · archived
  76. Braking Performance of Drivers under the Influence of Alcohol and Cannabis · 1980 · Attwood, Dennis et al. · indexed
  77. Next-Day Effects of Social Drinking on Driver Fatigue and Driving Performance · 2026 · Ahlström, Christer et al. · archived
  78. A Profile of Fatal Accidents Involving Alcohol · 1977 · Fell, James C. · archived
  79. Role of Cannabis in Motor Vehicle Crashes · 1999 · Bates, Michael et al. · indexed
  80. Traffic Safety Facts 1995: alcohol · 1995 · NHTSA · archived
  81. Pilot Test of New Roadside Survey Methodology for Impaired Driving · 2007 · Lacey, John H. et al. · archived
  82. Countermeasures That Work – Drug-Impaired Driving [Traffic Tech] · 2021 · Smither, Dereece D. · archived
  83. Drugs in fatally injured young male drivers · 1985 · Williams, A F et al. · archived
  84. Effects of Alcohol, Practice, and Task Complexity on Reaction Time Distributions · 1992 · Maylor, Elizabeth A. et al. · indexed
  85. Relative risk of fatal crash involvement by BAC, age, and gender · 2000 · Voas, Robert B.; Zador, Paul; Krawchuk, S. A. · archived
  86. Epidemiology and consequences of drinking and driving. · 2003 · Hingson, Ralph et al. · indexed
  87. The Effect of Marihuana Dosage on Driver Performance · 1973 · Moskowitz, Herbert, 1925- et al. · archived
  88. Traffic Safety Facts 1996: Alcohol · 1997 · NHTSA · archived
  89. Determination of Characteristics of Fatally Injured Drivers · 2001 · Baker, Susan P. et al. · archived
  90. Estimation of Blood Alcohol Concentrations in Young Male Drinkers · 1991 · Martin, Christopher S. et al. · indexed
  91. The Potentiating Effects of Alcohol on Driver Injury · 1986 · Waller, P F · indexed
  92. Drugs and Driving: A Selected Bibliography: Supplement One · 1978 · Joscelyn, Kent B. et al. · archived
  93. ESTIMATED BLOOD ALCOHOL CONCENTRATIONS OF NIGHTTIME CANADIAN DRIVERS · 1975 · Smith, Gary A. et al. · indexed
  94. Drinking-driving attitudes: a survey of Fairfax County. · 1973 · Rodman, Reed M. · archived
  95. Traffic Safety Facts 1994: Alcohol · 1994 · NHTSA · archived
  96. Deterrence of the Drinking Driver: An International Survey · 1981 · Ross, H. Laurence (Hugh Laurence) · archived
  97. Evaluation of Driver’s Reaction Time Measured in Driving Simulator · 2022 · Čulík, Kristián et al. · indexed
  98. System Analysis of Alcohol Countermeasures · 1976 · Moore, William S. et al. · archived
  99. Traffic Safety Facts 1993: alcohol · 1994 · NHTSA · archived
  100. The Incidence and Role of Drugs in Fatally Injured Drivers · 2008 · Terhune, Kenneth W. et al. · archived
  101. Alcohol Effects on Driver Risk Taking · 1978 · Allen, R. Wade et al. · indexed
  102. Evaluating Drugged Driving: Effects of Pain and Anxiety Medications · 2017 · Gaffney, Gary R. et al. · archived
  103. A profile of adolescent drivers convicted of felony drunk driving · 1996 · Eby, David W. et al. · archived
  104. Visual search and urban driving under the influence of marijuana and alcohol · 2001 · Lamers, C. T. J. et al. · indexed
  105. ALCOHOL IN RELATION TO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS · 1938 · HOLCOMB, RICHARD L. · indexed
  106. Countermeasures That Work – Alcohol-Impaired Driving [Traffic Tech] · 2021 · Jeleniewski, S et al. · archived
  107. Drugs and Traffic Crash Responsibility: A Study of Injured Motorists in Colorado · 2001 · Lowenstein, Steven R. et al. · indexed
  108. Cannabis use as a risk factor for causing motor vehicle crashes: a prospective study · 2019 · Brubacher, Jeffrey R. et al. · indexed
  109. Evaluation of Lower BAC Limits for Convicted OUI Offenders in Maine · 2004 · Jones, R. K. (Ralph K.) et al. · archived
  110. Short-term License Suspensions for Drinking Drivers · 2007 · AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety · archived
  111. Drunk Driving by the Numbers · 2012 · Chambers, Matthew et al. · archived
  112. On DWI Laws in Other Countries · 2000 · Stewart, Kathryn · archived
  113. Evaluation of New Mexico's Anti-DWI Efforts · 2000 · Lacey, John H. et al. · archived
  114. Alcohol is the main factor in excess traffic accident fatalities in France. · 2002 · Reynaud, Michel et al. · indexed
  115. Youth, Alcohol, and Speeding: Their Joint Contribution to Highway Accidents · 1976 · Fingerman, Paul W. et al. · archived
  116. Driving After Drinking in Canada · 2007 · Beirness, Douglas J. et al. · archived
  117. Ethnicity and Alcohol-Related Fatalities: 1990 to 1994 · 2000 · Voas, Robert B. et al. · archived
  118. Low Dose of Ethanol Suppresses Mismatch Negativity of Auditory Event‐Related Potentials · 1995 · Jääskeläinen, Iiro P. et al. · indexed
  119. THE EFFECTS OF MARIJUANA AND ALCOHOL ON ACTUAL DRIVING PERFORMANCE · 1986 · Peck, Raymond C. et al. · indexed
  120. Refusal of Intoxication Testing: A Report to Congress · 2008 · Berning, Amy et al. · archived
  121. National Survey of Drinking and Driving Attitudes and Behavior: 1993 · 1995 · Boyle, John M., 1947- · archived
  122. Alcohol Consumption and the Incidence of Acute Alcohol‐Related Problems · 1985 · Wagenaar, Alexander C. · indexed
  123. A COMPARISON OF ALCOHOL INVOLVEMENT IN EXPOSED AND INJURED DRIVERS · 1977 · Farris, R P et al. · indexed
  124. The prevalence of alcohol use disorders among night‐time weekend drivers · 2011 · Furr‐Holden, C. Debra M. et al. · indexed
  125. Effect of alcohol on the psychological refractory period. · 1971 · Moskowitz, Herbert et al. · indexed
  126. Alcohol and Flying: A Deadly Combination · 1997 · Salazar, Guillermo J. et al. · archived
  127. Next day effects of naturalistic alcohol consumption on tasks of attention · 2012 · McKinney, Adele et al. · indexed
  128. The effect of alcohol hangover on choice response time · 2016 · Grange, James A. et al. · indexed
  129. Memory and attention during an alcohol hangover · 2019 · Devenney, Lydia E. et al. · indexed
  130. Fueling the rush – it’s all about caffeine · 2025 · Jiannine, Lia et al. · indexed
  131. Study of Gasoline with 10% Ethanol Additive Under Different Fuel Supply Strategies · 2026 · Mejeras, Gabrielius et al. · indexed