The Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (DOT & PF) is recognizing National Truck Driver Appreciation Week.
According to the American Trucking Association, National Truck Driver Appreciation Week is a week in which the trucking industry joins together to thank the 3.5 million professional truck drivers that are the heart of the nation’s economy.
Topics: sleep apnea, drivers, driving, safety
When you’re suffering from sleep deprivation, some effects are pretty immediate:
Topics: sleep deprivation, drivers
A new study has reported that sleep apnea in truck drivers can be particularly dangerous.
According to a press release by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, truck drivers who fail to get treatment for obstructive sleep apnea “are a public safety threat on U.S. roadways.” Weighing 20-30 times as much as passenger cars and needing 20-40 percent more road space to stop than cars, trucks are already a significant threat to other vehicles on the road, killing 3,660 people in 2014.
Topics: sleep habits, losing sleep, truckers, drivers, roads
