Tag: drowsy driving

The Latest Cars can NOT Drive Themselves!

If you are feeling drowsy, please don’t trust your car’s gadgets. They are nowhere close to that extent of trust yet…

Overestimating what your latest car can do is a terrifyingly good way to kill yourself or somebody else.

Even driving with one hand off the wheel increases reaction time and reduces a driver’s ability to respond to a sudden crisis such as a front tire blowout, but this driver was way down the ladder from that! (Copyright image, 2019.)
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Snapshot: Drowsy Driving – USA

According to NHTSA, 1 in 3 drivers (31.5%) admitted to driving within the prior 30 days when they were so tired that they had trouble keeping their eyes open.  [Source: NHTSA, Facebook, 9/28/17]

Photograph of a Drowsy Driving Sign in Utah
Drowsy Driving Sign in Utah.  (Photo by Phil Konstantin – Wiki Commons)