Engineer in crash had undiagnosed sleep apnea.
MICHAEL BALSAMO AND DAVID KLEPPER ASSOCIATED PRESS The engineer of a speeding commuter train that slammed into a station, killing a woman, suffered from sleep apnea that had gone undiagnosed, two U.S. officials told the Associated Press on Wednesday. One official said investigators are looking at it as a potential cause. The officials, who were briefed on the investigation, spoke to the Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to discuss the matter. They said the engineer, 48-year-old Thomas Gallagher, was diagnosed with sleep apnea after the Sept. 29 crash in Hoboken, the officials said. Sleep …
Driver who fell asleep and crashed into police car gets $2,500 fine and 12-month driving ban.
PUBLISHED JUL 25, 2016, 3:51 PM SGT Amir Hussain SINGAPORE – A 51-year-old driver, who has a sleep disorder, crashed into a police car along an expressway when he fell asleep behind the wheel in December last year, a court heard. Sarudin Nasir had slept for just 1½ hours the night before. The accident caused the police car to hit an Aetos auxiliary police motorcycle; two policemen in the car were injured. On Monday (July 25), the motorist was fined $2,500 and barred from driving for 12 months. He pleaded guilty to one charge of doing a negligent act which …
Drowsy driving and car crashes: How night-shift work contributes to traffic dangers.
Last updated: June 28, 2016 Drowsy driving has caused or contributed to hundreds of thousands of motor vehicle crashes and thousands of deaths in recent years. Estimates of drowsy driving-related accidents, injuries and deaths vary, however. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), sleep-deprived and fatigued drivers caused 846 deaths in 2014. The NHTSA reports that, on average, an estimated 83,000 crashes a year were blamed on sleepy drivers between 2005 and 2009. A report from the Massachusetts Special Commission on Drowsy Driving suggests that the problem is much worse. The widely-publicized 2009 report, “Asleep at the Wheel,” estimates that …
Sleep Schedules Influence Job Performance.
Sleep expert Mark Rosekind highlights what companies can do to help workers’ performance. June 8, 2016 by Kenneth Nowack The National Sleep Foundation, along with scientists from multiple disciplines, in November 2015 announced a consensus on the threshold for when motorists are definitely too tired to drive. It has been estimated that at least 1 million car crashes annually are due to fatigue and drowsy driving. NSF polls indicate that 60 percent of Americans have driven drowsy in the last year and 37 percent report nodding off at the wheel. Irregular schedules can be associated with up to a 50 percent …
Drowsy Driver Detection Systems Sense When You Need a Break.
By Julie Halpert | April 26, 2016 2015 Mercedes Benz C-Class; Cars.com photo by Matt Schmitz CARS.COM — Bleary-eyed drivers are a danger to themselves and others: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says that drowsy driving causes more than 80,000 crashes (almost 220 per day) and 850 fatalities each year. Automakers have been offering technology to alert you when you’re about to nod off, and it’s getting more sophisticated. Related: Follow These Tips To Avoid Drowsy Driving Ford’s Driver Alert system is part of a lane keeping assist system. A small, forward-facing camera located behind the rearview mirror …
For older drivers, sleep meds are linked with car accidents.
Life | Fri Jan 15, 2016 2:44pm EST | BY KATHRYN DOYLE Drivers over age 80 or women over age 70 who take the prescription sleeping pill Ambien tend to have more motor vehicle collisions, according to a new study. Studies in younger drivers have also shown a link between Ambien, known generically as zolpidem, and motor vehicle collisions, said lead author John N. Booth III, of the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The new data, however, extend the findings to show that “older adults, specifically women older than 80 years, have significantly higher odds of motor vehicle …
Tracy Morgan crash elevated driver fatigue as problem nationally.
A video image of the flipped limousine bus carrying Tracy Morgan and six other people after it was struck by a Wal-Mart truck last year on the New Jersey Turnpike. (Will Vaultz Photography | AP Photo) The truck involved in the crash of the limousine bus carrying Tracy Morgan and six others, now the focus of the National Transportation Safety Board. (Will Vaultz Photography | AP Photo) Christopher A. Hart, chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board, which meets Tuesday to issue its findings of probable cause in last year’s Tracy Morgan crash on the New Jersey Turnpike. (Luis M. …
The Dangers of Drowsy Driving.
Nodding off at the wheel kills almost as many Americans each year as drunk driving By Consumer Reports Last updated: January 14, 2016 Nodding off at the wheel isn’t just frightening—it can be fatal. Consider that at 55 mph you cover the length of a football field in 5 seconds. In fact, about one-fifth of fatal car crashes involve a drowsy driver, according to a 2014 study from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, in which specially trained investigators analyzed 14,268 car crashes between 2009 and 2013. To combat that problem, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recently initiated a campaign …
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