How ADHD Contributes to Car Crashes, and Why it Matters

Dozens of <a href="https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0115002" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">studies confirm</a> that those with ADHD are more likely to be involved in car accidents, including lethal ones. Any number of attributes of ADHD — impulsivity (“I need to get off at this exit now! So what if I’m in the left lane?”), poor sustained attention (“Highway driving is soooo boring!”), distractibility (“Did I leave my phone in the handbag in the backseat?”), and inattentiveness (“I didn’t even see that cop car sitting there.”) could all contribute. Figuring out which of these factors really matter will help us tailor approaches to improve driver competency and save lives. <a href="https://medium.com/invisible-illness/how-adhd-contributes-to-car-crashes-and-why-it-matters-15b736b36c2a">Read More</a>