Drowsy_Driving

Drowsy Driving Twenty per cent of all road accidents resulting in death or serious injury are caused by drowsiness at the wheel (Anon., 1999). This tiny bit of information illustrates just how serious and hazardous drowsy driving really is. Even modest amounts of sleep loss over short periods (about two hours a night over one week) accumulate and manifest themselves as an irresistible tendency to fall asleep during inappropriate or dangerous situations, like driving (Feyer, 2001). I am one of those people who have never, ever, fallen asleep during anything. Not during a single lecture, not through one movie, whether at the theatre or in my home, and not while driving have I ever had the impulse to close my eyes. It does not matter how bored or how tired I am; I am always just too interested and have to know what will happen or be said next. This is all very humorous to me, because now that I think about it, I am tired, I mean totally exhausted, so often, and not once have I nodded off. Compared to most individuals, I have an exceptionally long attention span and lengthy drives in the driving, sleep, drowsy, am, serious, one, alcohol, while, under, people, over, medications, just, feyer, even, during, deprivation, 2001, williamson, tired, time, test, study, skills, simple, results, need, national, injury, influence, individuals, hours, fatigue, exhausted, ever