BMJ FRANCE RESEARCH SLEEPY DRIVERS
June 1st, 2006
BY MONICA DOBIE
MOTORISTS continue to drive despite knowing they are too sleepy for safety, according to study published in the British Medical Journal.
French researchers from the Institut National de la Santé [health] et de la Recherche Médicale and the Institut National de Recherche sur les Transports et leur Sécurité examined the association between 13,299 middle-aged drivers admitting driving in France whilst sleepy and their risk of serious road traffic accidents.
Answering the question "in the past 12 months, have you ever driven while ...
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