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Summary

Impaired driving is dangerous. It's the cause of more than half of all car crashes. It means operating a motor vehicle while you are affected by:

• Alcohol
• Legal or illegal drugs
• Sleepiness
• Distractions, such as using a cell phone or texting
• Having a medical condition which affects your driving

For your safety and the safety of others, do not drive while impaired. Have someone else drive you or take public transportation when you cannot drive. If you need to take a call or send a text message, pull over.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Start Here

• Dangers of Distracted Driving (Federal Communications Commission) Also in Spanish

Diagnosis and Tests

• Blood Alcohol Level (National Library of Medicine) Also in Spanish

Specifics

• Distracted Driving (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Driving after Stroke (American Stroke Association)
• Driving When You Have Cataracts (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - PDF
• Drugged Driving (National Institute on Drug Abuse) Also in Spanish
• Some Medicines and Driving Don't Mix (Food and Drug Administration) Also in Spanish

Statistics and Research

• Alcohol-Impaired Driving (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - PDF
• Driver Electronic Device Use in 2021 (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - PDF
• Impaired Driving Facts (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• State Alcohol-Impaired-Driving Estimates (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - PDF

Clinical Trials

• ClinicalTrials.gov: Driving Under the Influence (National Institutes of Health)

Journal Articles References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)

• Article: Evaluating a Virtual Reality Game to Enhance Teen Distracted Driving Education:...
• Article: Feasibility and acceptability of a web-intervention to prevent alcohol and cannabis-impaired...
• Article: Risk of apprehension for road traffic law violations in Norway.
• Impaired Driving -- see more articles

Find an Expert

• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
• National Institute on Drug Abuse Also in Spanish

Teenagers

• On the road (Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Women's Health)

Older Adults

• Driving Safety and Alzheimer's Disease (National Institute on Aging)
• How Do You Know When It's Time to Give up the Keys? (Administration for Community Living) - PDF
• Safe Driving for Older Adults (National Institute on Aging) Also in Spanish

Patient Handouts

• Breath alcohol test (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
• Dementia and driving (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish