According to a study by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, driving while sleepy nearly triples your odds of getting into a car crash. The study also determined that drowsy drivers
are actually as great a risk as speeders and even more dangerous than aggressive or inattentive drivers.
Based on data collected by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, using video recorders and sensors, researchers determined that drowsiness was a contributing factor in one out of every five crashers or near crashes over the course of about a year.
There are around 100,000 police-reported crashes each year according to government estimates, though the number of crashes that could be attributed to sleepiness may be
well below the actual number because of the difficulty in determining whether sleepiness was a contributing factor.
The most common times for sleep-deprived crashes occur between midnight and 6 a.m. and in mid-afternoon, when the body's natural rhythms tend to make people feel sleepier. Interestingly enough, experts say that rolling down a window and blasting music do not help much if you are really sleepy, and caffeine - which can help - takes a half hour to take effect.
As you might expect, getting enough sleep or taking a nap is the best way to decrease your odds of being in a sleep-deprived crash.
If you have been involved in an orange county accident as a result of a drowsy driver, call the attorneys of Cohn & Swartzon, P.C at 714-547-5100 to help.
are actually as great a risk as speeders and even more dangerous than aggressive or inattentive drivers.
Based on data collected by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, using video recorders and sensors, researchers determined that drowsiness was a contributing factor in one out of every five crashers or near crashes over the course of about a year.
There are around 100,000 police-reported crashes each year according to government estimates, though the number of crashes that could be attributed to sleepiness may be
well below the actual number because of the difficulty in determining whether sleepiness was a contributing factor.
The most common times for sleep-deprived crashes occur between midnight and 6 a.m. and in mid-afternoon, when the body's natural rhythms tend to make people feel sleepier. Interestingly enough, experts say that rolling down a window and blasting music do not help much if you are really sleepy, and caffeine - which can help - takes a half hour to take effect.
As you might expect, getting enough sleep or taking a nap is the best way to decrease your odds of being in a sleep-deprived crash.
If you have been involved in an orange county accident as a result of a drowsy driver, call the attorneys of Cohn & Swartzon, P.C at 714-547-5100 to help.
