How Does Substance Use Negatively Affect Your Sleep?
Substance abuse can cause a range of problems in a person’s life, from relationships to health problems, but very little attention is paid to how it affects a user’s sleep. It isn’t news to anyone that substance abuse is bad for you and its negative effect on sleep is another prime example. However, few people […]
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Drowsy Driving Guide – Risks and Prevention
Sleep Apnea and Your Health
Don’t Drive Drowsy: It’s Dangerous and Deadly
The Importance of Sleep for Safe Driving
The Need for Sleep Therapy Afterward a Car Accident
The Sobering Facts about Drowsy Driving
Crashes requiring hospitalization of car drivers or passengers is due to drowsy driving. (AAA, 2010) One analysis estimated the cost of automobile accidents attributed to sleepiness to be between $29.2 to $37.9 billion. (Leger, 1994) (41%) admitted to having fallen asleep at the wheel at some point.; one in ten drivers (10%) reporting they did […]
Asleep at the Wheel: The Dangers of Drowsy Driving
Drowsy driving is the dangerous combination of driving and sleepiness or fatigue. This usually happens when a driver has not slept enough, but it can also happen due to untreated sleep disorders, medications, drinking alcohol, or shift work. It makes drivers less able to pay attention to the road. More than 6,000 people die in drowsy driving-related crashes in the US each year. Millions of US drivers fall asleep at […]
Crashes requiring hospitalization of car drivers or passengers is due to drowsy driving. (AAA, 2010)
One analysis estimated the cost of automobile accidents attributed to sleepiness to be between $29.2 to $37.9 billion. (Leger, 1994) (41%) admitted to having fallen asleep at the wheel at some point.; one in ten drivers (10%) reporting they did so within the past year. (AAA, 2010) More than one-quarter of drivers (27%) admitting they […]
