Table 2.
Driving performance scores across 3 different lighting conditions.
| Driving performance | Overall score (n=591), mean (SD) | Daytime (n=210), mean (SD) | Nighttime (n=181), mean (SD) | Nighttime with glare (n=200), mean (SD) | P value |
| Average speed (km/h) | 73.24 (13.30) | 71.55a (8.89) | 73.71 (16.33) | 74.60 (13.97) | .002 |
| SDSpeeda | 0.47 (0.61) | 0.42 (0.35) | 0.51 (0.92) | 0.47 (0.47) | .25 |
| SDLPb (meters) | 0.08 (0.06) | 0.07 (0.04) | 0.08 (0.04) | 0.11c,d (0.07) | <.001 |
| Reaction timee (seconds) | 1.16 (0.34)f | 1.07c,g (0.31)h | 1.21 (0.38)i | 1.23 (0.29)j | <.001 |
aSD of speed.
bSDLP: SD of lane position.
cSignificant differences between daytime and nighttime with glare.
dSignificant differences between nighttime and nighttime with glare.
eTime between a target box with a stripe appearing above the roadway and the participant pressing a button on the steering wheel for a correct response (horizontal stripe).
fn=448.
gSignificant differences between daytime and nighttime.
hn=182.
in=138.
jn=128.