Issues relating to the efficacy of mandatory medical reporting of drivers with medical and other fitness to drive relevant conditions by medical and other health practitioners

Koppel, Sjaan; Bugeja, Lyndal; Hua, Phuong; Stefano, Marilyn Di; Charlton, Judith Lynne

doi:10.1016/j.jth.2019.02.005

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“…Namely, the DWD was unfamiliar with the equipment, the modification did not sufficiently satisfy the individual need and the equipment broke down were the direct causes of almost 10% of road traffic crashes at DWD (Henriksson & Peters, 2004). Conducting regular medical tests of DWD could significantly reduce the risk of participating in road traffic crashes (Koppel et al, 2019). Orderly adjustment of the performance of HC in accordance with medical needs of the DWD should be realized.…”

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Factors affecting road traffic crashes with drivers with disabilities who use hand controls in a less developed country

Pešić

Mijailović

Petrovic

2022

PIS

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One of the most common vehicle modifications is the installation of hand controls that allow persons who are unable to operate the brake and accelerator pedals with their feet due to physical impairment to drive. Considered the specifics of hand controls (higher workload during driving and lower passive safety), it is very important to analyze the safety of the category of drivers with disabilities who use them. This paper aims to determine which factors influence the participation in road traffic crashes of drivers with disabilities who use hand controls. Based on the identified factors, measures and activities are defined to improve the road safety of drivers with disabilities who use hand controls, to improve the mobility of persons with disabilities, and to encourage potential drivers with disabilities, especially in less developed countries. The research was conducted in Serbia, which belongs to the group of less developed countries in the world. Considering the estimated number of drivers with disabilities who use hand controls, every fourth driver in Serbia participated in the survey (65 respondents). The statistical analysis was performed by the decision tree CART algorithm. Driving experience with hand controls is the most important variable of the participation of drivers with disabilities in a road traffic crash while driving vehicles with hand controls. Improving the system of maintaining hand controls, harmonize the performance of hand controls with the medical status of the drivers with disabilities, improving awareness of drivers with disabilities about risky behaviors in traffic are recognized as the most important measures and activities.

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Factors affecting road traffic crashes with drivers with disabilities who use hand controls in a less developed country

Pešić

Mijailović

Petrovic

2022

PIS

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“…Road safety and the efficiency of road transport are related to the timely identification of those individuals who are not capable of ensuring the efficiency of transport processes, and a mandatory periodic medical examination is one of the essential preventive measures for ensuring road safety [ 21 ]. For examining the state of human health, including visual and auditory abilities, it is not yet possible to determine the actual data to be used that would allow us to judge the future of a driver’s abilities.…”

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A Road Safety-Based Selection Methodology for Professional Drivers: Behaviour and Accident Rate Analysis

Zaranka

Pečeliūnas

Žuraulis

2021

IJERPH

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In this paper, we examine the factors affecting the behaviour of road users and the impact of these factors on professional drivers’ reliability and performance. A professional driver is considered as a driver involved in the processes of driving a vehicle as a matter of his/her business or the transportation of passengers or goods by bus or lorry, with higher liability in terms of road safety and requiring a higher degree of maintained attentiveness, constant concentration, and working capacity. This article highlights the process of selecting a professional driver by focusing on the driver’s individual and psychophysiological characteristics. An anonymous survey on professional drivers and a statistical analysis of the accidents caused by professional drivers was used to research the impact of fatigue on the behaviour of road users. The conducted statistical analysis demonstrates that the amount of professional driving experience most conducive to driving a vehicle safely was observed at between 29 and 33 years of experience. It was also found that a higher probability of causing an accident after rest days is related to the driver’s long period of engagement at work and inadequate rest. This study demonstrates that specific requirements should be applied to the methodologies for selecting professional drivers, the research on the reliability of which aims to develop a concept that enables opting for those drivers able to properly perform hired work, causing minimal losses due to road accidents.

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Impact of medical fitness to drive policies in preventing property damage, injury, and death from motor vehicle collisions in Ontario, Canada

Chee

Hanna

et al. 2020

Journal of Safety Research

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Issues relating to the efficacy of mandatory medical reporting of drivers with medical and other fitness to drive relevant conditions by medical and other health practitioners

Cited by 10 publications

References 42 publications

Factors affecting road traffic crashes with drivers with disabilities who use hand controls in a less developed country

Factors affecting road traffic crashes with drivers with disabilities who use hand controls in a less developed country

A Road Safety-Based Selection Methodology for Professional Drivers: Behaviour and Accident Rate Analysis

Impact of medical fitness to drive policies in preventing property damage, injury, and death from motor vehicle collisions in Ontario, Canada

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