Show BAD DRIVING LAID TO IMPROPER DIET university professor gives the results of study berkeley calif liquor is not the only cause of oad bad driving according to the department of physiology of the university of california among a few of the other causes the department concludes are hunger improper eating and the hypnotic influence of long humdrum driving and road watching according to prof eric ogden good driving requires an even flow of blood through the brain and th this S situation is affected by a lack of food and overeating the obvious remedy for the man on the road he insists is to take frequent and light meals without any effort to compensate by intoxicating liquids the fact that the driver is often compelled to gaze continuously at the white strip of road ahead while the motor drones along also sets the stage of hypnosis ogden believes in such circumstances the driver may be likely to go too fast and have difficulty in keeping on his own side of the road other physical conditions affecting driving are said to be vibration muscular activity anxiety mental activity and fatigue as they all diminish the brains blood supply and impair the correct working of stable driving habits in the opinion of ogden driving 0 of f an automobile should be as casual and as natural an operation as walking the driver who finds it necessary continually to use his wits in order to avoid accidents is more prone to run into them than one who drives instinctively incidentally ogden is inclined to believe that the driver who is continually compelled to use his wits is likely to be more sensitive to alcohol than one who does not ogden believes that automobile driving courses should be incorporated in the high school curriculum and that students should be subjected to a full days driving test to bring out any hidden mental or physical defects that might affect their driving |