Sleepiness is the cause of 21% of fatal accidents

Alcohol, cell phones are often thought to be the causes of car accidents. However, a recent study by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety shows that 21% of fatal accidents are caused by sleepy drivers.

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Research and use information on 14,268 accidents occurred in the period of 2009-2013. Peter Kissinger, CEO of AAA, said: 'The new study continues to affirm sleepiness is a serious traffic safety issue. However, drivers often take this risk lightly and are confident that they can afford to cope with sleepiness when sitting behind the wheel. '

According to Kissinger, the fact that 95% of Americans say that driving when tired is unacceptable but more than 28% admitted driving in this situation last month.

In a previous study, AAA Foundation found that drivers aged 19-24 are easily falling into drowsiness when driving. Meanwhile, drivers aged 75 are less likely to experience fatigue, along with the 16-18 age group. The agency also warned operators to be wary of signs of drowsiness when participating in traffic, including distraction, headaches . However, electronic devices are not completely impolite.

According to research reports of GigaOm, using smartphones, tablets, or any other electronic device before going to bed on a regular basis can have a long-term impact on human health. . But the habit of surfing the web, reading mail, checking Facebook before going to bed has become a habit of many people.

This is a research done in the US but in Vietnam, there are certainly many drivers who have a feeling of sleepiness while driving, especially driving long distances, increasing the risk of accidents.

Therefore, to ensure alertness when behind the wheel, the driver can open the glass door to breathe air, sit up and move more eyes. If too sleepy, you can stop walking around. Always keep a distance from the vehicle ahead in order to have space and processing time if unfortunately distracting.