Ever fall asleep at the wheel? An interesting study in BMJ-British Medical Journal shows that people drive when they know they are falling asleep … and this problem 
contributes more than you may realize to traffic injuries and death. Traffic accidents attributable to sleepiness range from 3 percent to 33 percent. Researchers in France ...
They collected data on sleepiness and other driving behaviors in 2001, and serious related traffic accidents in 2001-3.
The question was asked… "In the past 12 months, have you ever driven while sleepy?"
Results …
63% of participants responded never
36% a few times in the year
0.8% about once a month, 0.3% about once a week
0.2% more than once a week
Interestingly, there was a strong association between self assessed driving while sleepy and the risk of serious road traffic accidents over the next three years. Messages on prevention at your workplace might focus on “convincing sleepy drivers to stop driving and sleep before resuming their journey,” the study suggested. What do you think?
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