Sleeping when driving Almost a third of drivers have admitted momentarily nodding off at the wheel ... according to a survey. A total of 7% have actually fallen asleep while driving, the poll by road safety charity Brake and insurance company Direct Line found. Also, 49% of the 1,000 drivers surveyed said they had driven after less than five hours of sleep. The poll revealed that 31% have head nodded, also known as micro sleeping, while at the controls, with 45% of male drivers owning up to this. While only 2% of women drivers admitted falling asleep at the wheel, as many as 14% of male motorists confessed to this. Men (55%) were also more likely than women (45%) to drive after less than five hours sleep. The research has shown that tired driving kills at least 300 people on UK roads every year. ALL YOUR DRIVING NEEDS in10sedrive.co.uk
Posted on: Sat, 18 Jan 2014 20:13:34 +0000
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