Endlessly-long, straight highways and fasting during Ramadan are two reasons why motorists in the UAE
fall asleep at the wheel and crash, authors of a new report have said.
OBESE drivers are more likely to
fall asleep at the wheel because of a breathing condition, warns an expert.
Let them
fall asleep at the wheel and they're worth $100,000.
If you
fall asleep at the wheel you are twice as likely to die or suffer serious injury because a sleeping driver does not react before a crash
3 million drivers may
fall asleep at the wheel every year; Between 1am and 4am is when drivers are most likely to
fall asleep at the wheel.
Hours of sleep and working conditions significantly impact the probability that a driver will
fall asleep at the wheel.
He claimed a sleeping disorder caused him to
fall asleep at the wheel of his Chevy Blazer, and that he had not been drinking.
Ropinirole is associated with the sudden onset of sleepiness and the drug caused her to
fall asleep at the wheel.
The Association of British Drivers claims motorists are forced to drive so slowly that they
fall asleep at the wheel.
But he added: 'I definitely did not
fall asleep at the wheel.
DRIVERS who
fall asleep at the wheel cause at least 1,500 accidents a year in Scotland.
MORE than 300,000 drivers may have a sleep disorder that could make them
fall asleep at the wheel, say researchers.
Men under 30 are the most likely to
fall asleep at the wheel in the early hours of the morning because they are more likely to drive when they feel tired.
Research suggests that as many as 10 per cent of all road casualties and 20 per cent of all motorway accidents are caused by drivers who
fall asleep at the wheel.
This may explain why some of these tired drivers
fall asleep at the wheel.
