Braking Distance and Reaction Time Unchanged Across Hand-Use Conditions in Healthy Volunteers
Jacob Farley, Andrew Gaetano, Samuel Mircoff, Andrew Chen, Krishin Shivdasani, Dane Salazar, Nickolas Garbis · 2025
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Jacob Farley and co-authors test whether driving with one hand slows braking, in a study published in 2025. The question matters for patients recovering from arm or hand surgery, who often ask when they can drive. The team used a driving simulator so hand position could be varied safely and measured precisely.
Thirty-three healthy volunteers each ran fifteen trials: both hands, dominant hand only, and non-dominant hand only. Each trial sped to sixty miles per hour and then braked to a stop. Reaction times and braking distance did not differ across the three hand setups. The authors say hand position alone did not hurt braking in healthy drivers under these conditions. They also propose simulators as a fair test bed for judging driving fitness after injury.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Jacob Farley, Andrew Gaetano, Samuel Mircoff, Andrew Chen, Krishin Shivdasani, Dane Salazar, Nickolas Garbis |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 18 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |