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Monday, January 21, 2013
Fatal impact when you fell asleep
Washington -Fatal impact when you fell asleep is very bad. The research itself is the result of a survey of 147,000 respondents adult riders from 19 states in the United States plus the District of Columbia rider in between the years 2009-2010.
The phenomenon of the many riders who fell asleep while driving is said to occur because many motorists who sleep less nights because only slept less than six hours.
To that end, the institute also suggested that more regular riders sleep a night. Most riders do not sleep 7-9 hours at night so they are not too tired when driving.
Drowsiness is the eternal enemy of all drivers. When sleepiness hit, then the potential for an accident is very likely to be the reality. Tragically, a recent study says that a lot of riders who fell asleep while driving.
Based on research by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Accidents due to sleepiness continues to grow each year.
In fact about 1 in 24 adults in the United States motorists admit that they sometimes fell asleep while driving.
In a research institute based in Atlanta explains that the actual figure could be much more. Estimated at more than 4.2 percent of motorists asleep while driving because most riders will no doubt be embarrassed if they admit they fell asleep.
Some riders were said to not realize that if they fall asleep a few seconds.
It is certainly dangerous. Because asleep for one second at a speed of 100 km / h the car will go as far as 27 meters without being controlling. This is very dangerous, not only for the riders, but also for other road users.