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Does the riskier driving of drivers with ADHD generalise to professional drivers that are monitored by their supervisors?

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Abstract

Drivers with ADHD are at greater risk for road accidents and are more prone to traffic violations and risky driving than drivers without ADHD. However, no study has tested if the greater risk of drivers with ADHD generalises to a population of professional drivers that are monitored by their supervisors. We investigated the driving behaviour of transport military drivers with and without ADHD (25 and 146, respectively) based on the reports from an Advanced Driving Assistance System. Results indicated that safety events were significantly more frequent for drivers with ADHD than for drivers without ADHD. Notably, the most significant difference was for speeding violations with a Relative Risk (RR) of 2.13 (113% increase). We conclude that the riskier driving of drivers with ADHD remains even among professional drivers that are monitored by their supervisors. Perhaps drivers with ADHD might benefit from customised intervention programmes. CCS CONCEPTS • Applied computing → Operations research → Transportation • Computer systems organisation → Real-time systems.

Original languageAmerican English
Pages (from-to)1712-1717
Number of pages6
JournalBehaviour and Information Technology
Volume43
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2024

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

  • Driving safety; driving behaviour; ADHD; naturalistic driving; fleets; driver assistance systems

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Developmental and Educational Psychology
  • Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
  • General Social Sciences
  • Human-Computer Interaction

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