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Drives with both hands on the steering wheel | ||
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universal sign of the bad driver | ||
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* | This card, more than any other, provoked a strong reaction from readers. My suspicion is that everyone perceives themself as a great driver, and any hint otherwise causes consternation. Nevertheless, I stand by this card, despite my inability to find the reference. | |
* | If the quantity of publications is any indication, the interaction between medicine and driving has mushroomed in recent years. No doubt a review article somewhere uses the following conceptualization: To avoid problems, a driver's brain must
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(1) | Goldfinger. Fleming I. New York: Signet, 1959: 53 (chapter 7). I am still very much interested in any pointers readers can offer to a printed reference about driving with two hands on the wheel. I am (sheepishly) beginning to think that it may not have been in a James Bond novel after all. | |
(2) | US Preventive Services Task Force. Automobile injury--selected risk factors and prevention in the health care setting. Polen MR, Friedman GD. JAMA 1988 Jan 1;259(1):76-80. Pubmed+Abstract Similars |
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Sensory, especially vision, problems | ||
101. | Night myopia: implications for the young driver. Fejer TP, Girgis R. Can J Ophthalmol 1992 Jun;27(4):172-6. Pubmed+Abstract Similars | |
102. | Required vision testing for older drivers [letter]. Nelson DE, Sacks JJ, et al. N Engl J Med 1992 Jun 25;326(26):1784-5. Pubmed Similars | |
103. | New investigations concerning the relationships between congenital colour vision defects and road traffic security. Verriest G, et al. Int Ophthal. 1980;2(2):87-99. | |
104. | Visual processing impairment and risk of motor vehicle crash among older adults. Owsley C, Ball K, et al. JAMA 1998 Apr 8;279(14):1083-8. Pubmed+Abstract Similars | |
Potential disturbing of consciousness | ||
105. | Automobile accidents in patients with sleep disorders. Aldrich MS. Sleep 1989 Dec;12(6):487-94. Pubmed+Abstract Similars | |
106. | Drivers with untreated sleep apnea. A cause of death and serious injury. Findley LJ, Weiss JW, et al. Arch Intern Med 1991 Jul;151(7):1451-2. Pubmed+Abstract Similars | |
107. | Driving and the implantable cardioverter defibrillator. Study Group on ICD and Driving [letter; comment]. Jung W, Luderitz B. Lancet 1996 Sep 7;348(9028):687-8. Pubmed Similars | |
108. | Motor vehicle accidents in patients with an implantable cardioverter- defibrillator. Curtis AB, Conti JB, et al. J Am Coll Cardiol 1995 Jul;26(1):180-4. Pubmed+Abstract Similars | |
109. | Driving safety among patients with automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillators. Finch NJ, Leman RB, et al. JAMA 1993 Oct 6;270(13):1587-8. Pubmed+Abstract Similars | |
110. | When should patients with lethal ventricular arrhythmia resume driving? An analysis of state regulations and physician practices [see comments]. Strickberger SA, Cantillon CO, et al. Ann Intern Med 1991 Oct 1;115(7):560-3. Pubmed+Abstract Similars | |
111. | The effect of epilepsy or diabetes mellitus on the risk of automobile accidents [see comments]. Hansotia P, Broste SK. N Engl J Med 1991 Jan 3;324(1):22-6. Pubmed+Abstract Similars | |
112. | Benzodiazepine use and the risk of motor vehicle crash in the elderly [see comments]. Hemmelgarn B, Suissa S, et al. JAMA 1997 Jul 2;278(1):27-31. Pubmed+Abstract Similars | |
Poor decision-making | ||
113. | Alzheimer and vascular dementias and driving. A prospective road and laboratory study [see comments]. Fitten LJ, Perryman KM, et al. JAMA 1995 May 3;273(17):1360-5. Pubmed+Abstract Similars | |
114. | Predictors of automobile crashes and moving violations among elderly drivers [see comments]. Marottoli RA, Cooney LM Jr, et al. Ann Intern Med 1994 Dec 1;121(11):842-6. Pubmed+Abstract Similars | |
115. | The older driver. Clinical assessment and injury prevention [see comments]. Underwood M. Arch Intern Med 1992 Apr;152(4):735-40. Pubmed+Abstract Similars | |
116. | The elderly driver: what physicians need to know. Foley KT, Mitchell SJ. Cleve Clin J Med 1997 Sep;64(8):423-8. Pubmed+Abstract Similars | |
Movement disorders | ||
117. | No specific references here yet, but remember, ???? parkinsonian patients can move normally when there is a sudden emergency. | |
Miscellany | ||
118. | Effects of the 65-mph speed limit on rural interstate fatalities in New Mexico [see comments]. Gallaher MM, Sewell CM, et al. JAMA 1989 Oct 27;262(16):2243-5. Pubmed+Abstract Similars | |
119. | Cardiac risk of speed traps. Cocco G, Iselin HU. Clin Cardiol 1992 Jun;15(6):441-4. Pubmed+Abstract Similars | |
120. | Effectiveness of air bags [letter; comment]. O'Neill B. N Engl J Med 1992 Apr 16;326(16):1091. Pubmed Similars | |
121. | For other spy signs, see card TH-006. | |
122. | Don Quixote. de Cervantes Saavedra M; Cohen JM (trans.). Baltimore: Penguin, 1950 (original: 1604 and 1614): Part 2, chapter 10, page 525. |
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