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. 2012 Jun 18;10:126. doi: 10.1186/1479-5876-10-126

Table 6.

Differences in driving behavior before smoking and half an hour following a Water-Pipe

Before Water-Pipe smoking -half an hour after smoking (Experimental Group) Pairs: Scinario-1-Scinario-3 Before Water-Pipe smoking -half an hour after smoking (Experimental Group) Pairs: Scinario-1-Scinario-3 Paired Differences
t Sig. (2-tailed)
Mean Std. Deviation 95% Confidence Interval of the Difference
Lower Upper
Control group
Accident(road)
.25
1.06
−.42
.92
.82
.429
Accident(car)
−1.08
2.15
−2.45
.28
−1.74
.109
Accident(pedestrian)
.75
1.36
−.11
1.61
1.91
.082
Exceeding the speed limit
−4.00
6.97
−8.43
.43
−1.99
.072
Total number of traffic light tickets
.50
1.45
−.42
1.42
1.20
.256
Centerline crossings
−1.33
4.12
−3.95
1.28
−1.12
.286
Shoulder crossings
.75
3.86
−1.71
3.21
.67
.515
Total time
87.00
155.39
−11.73
185.73
1.94
.079
Total distance
−117.17
130.86
−200.31
−34.02
−3.10
.010
Exceeding the speed limit (%time)
−7.81
10.81
−14.68
−.94
−2.50
.029
Not within the lane (%time)
−.43
4.04
−3.00
2.13
−.37
.718
Experimental group Accident(road)
.90
1.81
.38
1.42
3.48
.001
Accident(car)
−1.65
2.27
−2.30
−1.00
−5.10
.000
Accident(pedestrian)
.45
.89
.19
.70
3.53
.001
Exceeding the speed limit
−2.57
6.04
−4.31
−.84
−2.98
.005
Total number of traffic light tickets
.44
1.13
.11
.77
2.69
.010
Centerline crossings
−2.71
4.25
−3.93
−1.49
−4.47
.000
Shoulder crossings
2.29
6.26
.49
4.08
2.56
.014
Total time
43.19
116.26
9.79
76.58
2.60
.012
Total distance
12.39
959.89
−263.32
288.10
.09
.928
Exceeding the speed limit (%time)
−5.41
8.85
−7.95
−2.86
−4.28
.000
Not within the lane (%time) −.57 5.12 −2.04 .90 −.78 .437

Table 6 Shows the mean differences for the driving measures prior to, and half an hour following, WPS. There were no significant changes pertaining to all the measures within the control group. While in the experimental group, many significant changes in driving behavior were found, such as a decrease in the number of road crashes, a significant increase occurred in the number of car accidents, but a significant decrease in the number of pedestrian ones. In all these measures within the control group, the same direction of change was found, though this was not statistically significant. Within the experimental group, there was a significant increase in the number of incidents in which the driver exceeded the speed limit and a significant increase in the number of times the driver crossed the solid divider.