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| Difficulties | Verbatim examples that characterize the difficulties reported by the participants when driving |
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| Fatigue | I become …more tired a lot faster than before…(Participant no. 300) |
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| Vision problems | Because at night I have a…since my accident, I have a problem with vision. (…) it’s like I see stars. (Participant no. 325) |
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| Slowed reactions | When I drive, I am maybe at 90%. (I’m missing 10%). It’s due to my reaction speed. (Participant no. 327) |
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| Headaches | Evaluator: You did not drive today because of your headache?
Participant: Yes, I do not trust myself. (Participant no. 314) |
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| Anxiety | I’m more stressed now about driving than before. (Participant no. 323) |
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| Loss of driving reflexes | I loss the reflex of turning my head. (…) To check my blind spot, make the… good, you know: ≪OK, it’s necessary that I check my blind spot… here… here… go!≫ (Participant no. 329) |
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| Decreased anticipation | When driving, taking an exit, often I take it at the last minute. People must find me stupid. (Participant no. 308) |
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| Dizziness | It was more difficult, even at the beginning. I did not drive at all because I was really dizzy during the first days. (Participant no. 334) |
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| Memory problems | Sometimes I just simply forget where I’m heading. (Participant no. 311) |
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| Concentration problems | It’s like I forgot some of what happened on the road. Like I was elsewhere, but it was as if I was not really there and I do not remember what happened. (Participant no. 318) |
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| Spatial orientation problems | You know, remember where I turned, I am not able to… like my visual memory of places, I do not have it anymore. In effect, it’s my sense of orientation. (Participant no. 323) |
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| Angers easily | The traffic, I always had a hard time with that and it did not get better with time but what I realized, is that I am more irritable since I had this accident. (Participant no. 324) |
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| Pain | I have a lot of fatigue when driving long distances, with my leg. At a given moment, I have to remove my leg and change to drive with my left leg because I have fatigue and pain in my leg. (Participant no. 336) |
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| Difficulty remaining in driving lane | (…) I keep looking behind me because I have a feeling that someone is going to hit me from behind, just like in my accident…I avoided driving on highways… I had a lot of difficulty staying in my lane. But after, it did not really get better like it was before. (Participant no. 328) |
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| Questions his/her ability to drive | I do not really ask myself whether I’m able to drive or not. (Participant no. 311) |
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