Drift from your lane, tailgate, hit a shoulder rumble strip or have difficulty maintaining a consistent, correct speed. Find yourself waiting at traffic lights or not seeing lights change. Have a slower reaction time when braking or stopping at intersections. How to avoid tired driving How to beat driver fatigue The only way to address fatigue is by sleeping.
Make a choice not to drive when tired or follow these guidelines to prevent fatigue: Get a good night's sleep before heading off on a long trip.
Use the VicRoads map to find a rest stop on your way. Find rest stops on the VicRoads website Don't travel for more than eight to ten hours a day. Take regular breaks — at least every two hours. Share the driving wherever possible Don't drink alcohol before your trip. Being awake for 18 hours straight makes you drive like you have a blood alcohol level of.
The second thing is that your decision making is impaired. In fact, The National Sleep Foundation reports that sleep deprivation can have similar effects on your body as drinking alcohol. To help spread awareness about the dangerous effects that fatigue can have on drivers, Short is travelling to a few cities this summer conducting drowsy driving simulations.
During the simulation, participants don a pound suit and goggles that replicate how your body feels when you are driving in a drowsy state, including delayed blinking patterns, sluggishness and extreme tiredness.
The weighted suit works to slow your reaction time, similar to how it is slowed when you're tired. I suited up and took part in the simulation when Short set up shop in the parking lot of Citi Field in New York city earlier this summer.
It was definitely unnerving to say the least to have my field of vision obstructed every 10 — and then every 4 — seconds. When told to turn either left or right at the last minute, having a reduced field of vision slowed my decision making skills — and then I had a delayed reaction time once I did decide which way to turn, thanks to the weights on my ankles and wrists.
Simply turning up the radio or opening the window are not effective ways to keep you alert. For more tips on how to stay awake: Sleep Education External. Researchers estimate that more than 70 million Americans suffer from a sleep disorder. Institute of Medicine, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Research on Drowsy Driving. Accessed October 20, Predicting daytime and nighttime drowsy driving crashes based on crash characteristic models. DOT HS October 19, Drowsy driving — 19 states and the District of Columbia, Drowsy driving and risk behaviors—10 states and Puerto Rico, Cognitive components of simulated driving performance: sleep loss effects and predictors.
Accid Anal Prev. Recommended amount of sleep for a healthy adult: a joint consensus statement of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and Sleep Research Society.
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