Does the consumption of drugs of abuse or illegal drugs affect road safety?
Human factor: Alcohol, drugs, and medications
Explanation
The consumption of **abuse or illegal drugs** significantly affects **road safety** because it alters the driver's abilities in various ways:
- **Cannabis**: It can change the perception of the environment, such as seeing colors differently, and affects the ability to calculate distances, concentrate, and react quickly. It can also cause drowsiness at the wheel.
- **Cocaine**: Increases impulsivity and aggressiveness, reduces the sense of danger, and can lead to more reckless driving. It also affects concentration and perception of the environment.
- **Ecstasy**: Can cause hallucinations, light sensitivity, blurred vision, and loss of concentration. Additionally, it can lead to depression, anxiety, and fatigue once the effects wear off.
- **LSD**: Causes hallucinations, aggressive reactions, anxiety, and panic, which is extremely dangerous when driving.
- **Amphetamines**: Can lead to impulsive and violent behaviors, decrease the sense of danger, and delay fatigue and sleep, which can result in sudden tiredness and drowsiness.
Furthermore, drug consumption before driving is so dangerous that one in ten people who die in traffic accidents had consumed drugs. For these reasons, driving under the influence of any drug is prohibited, except those prescribed by a doctor that do not affect driving.
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