“Reaction time can be extended”: driving under medication in the sights of Road Safety

2023-11-09 13:24:16

Although directly discouraged by pictograms on certain boxes, driving while on medication is worrying. Since October 30, Road Safety has been carrying out an awareness campaign – in the form of interviews – in order to fight once morest this type of action, which “involves risks”. “In France, the share of accidents attributable to medications is certainly lower than that of other risk factors, but it remains significant and is between 3 and 4%,” indicates the Road Safety Delegation on its website. And according to her, “more than 11 million French people consume benzodiazepines (like anxiolytics, Editor’s note) at least once a year”. “However, all derivatives of these drugs contraindicate the driving of vehicles,”

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