The Effects of Coffee and Napping on Nighttime Highway Driving

Philip, Pierre; Taillard, Jacques; Moore, Nicholas; Delord, Sandrine; Valtat, Cédric; Sagaspe, Patricia; Bioulac, Bernard

doi:10.7326/0003-4819-144-11-200606060-00004

articleAnnals of Internal MedicineJun 6, 2006Closed access

The Effects of Coffee and Napping on Nighttime Highway Driving

PPPierre Philip JTJacques Taillard NMNicholas Moore SDSandrine Delord CVCédric Valtat

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux

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Abstract

Background

Sleep-related accidents often involve healthy young persons who are driving at night. Coffee and napping restore alertness, but no study has compared their effects on real nighttime driving performances.

Objective

To test the effects of 125 mL of coffee (half a cup) containing 200 mg of caffeine, placebo (decaffeinated coffee containing 15 mg of caffeine), or a 30-minute nap (at 1:00 a.m.) in a car on nighttime driving performance.

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