Drowsey_Driving

Drowsey Driving Have you ever been driving along and you suddenly nod off, waking up just in time to save yourself from rear-ending someone or landing in a ditch' If you have, you are not alone. According to Snooze Alert 100,000 police-reported crashes annually involve drowsiness. This consists of 1.5% of all crashes. The Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee says that drowsiness affects the ability to drive in a similar manner as driving under the influence of alcohol. There are equally harmful risks and consequences, such as slowed reaction time, decreased awareness, and impaired judgment. Even though police departments do not set up "alertness checkpoints" or charge sleepy drivers with DWD (driving while drowsy), you should still treat the issue seriously and take effective measures to avoid falling asleep at the wheel. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s report people are more likely to fall asleep while traveling on high-speed, long, boring, rural high-ways. However, there are certain types of drivers who are more susceptible to falling asleep at the wheel. All drivers who are sleep deprived or fatigued, those who drive long distances without rest, those people driving at night, taking medicines that increase drowsiness, drinking alcohol (even if it sleep, drivers, people, driving, crashes, safety, truck, traffic, time, drowsiness, drive, asleep, while, sleepy, need, falling, even, awake, alert, administration, young, wheel, take, studies, stay, someone, shows, should, report, over, off, night, national, highway, driver, disorder, before, been, apnea, year, workers, windows, twenty-five, though, tend, susceptible, strips, snooze, sleep-related, shift