by drcatherinedarley | Jun 2, 2010 | driving safety, fatigue
Other blogposts have discussed drowsy driving, and this month a new research study updated this work. The study measured how sleepy individuals were, and how many auto accidents they had. The Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT) to measure sleepiness was done on 618...
by drcatherinedarley | Mar 3, 2010 | driving safety, fall asleep, sleep, sleep deprivation
Several years ago I had a neighbor who worked odd hours. Sometimes she’d work in the day, sometimes leave for work at 4pm, and sometimes she’d be in her office for more than 24hrs. Our kitchen and dining room looked out onto her driveway and front door so...
by drcatherinedarley | Oct 16, 2009 | driving safety, fall asleep, sleep deprivation
Have you heard the buzz about drowsy driving? Sleep experts are now estimating that drowsy driving accounts for over 100,000 accidents each year, and causes 1550 deaths! The number of fatigue-related accidents may actually be much higher than this estimate because is...
