it has been documented that nearly 25-30% of automobile collisions are potentially associated with driving fatigue. we have little control over sleep propensity when chronically sleep-deprived or suffer from an underlying sleep insufficiency. drowsy driving is not only a personal but also a public hazard and commercial drivers with alternate shifts are critically at risk. people on monotonous d...

OBJECTIVE We explored differences between professional and non-professional drivers in terms of the factors associated with preferences for generally accepted, effective countermeasures for sleepiness at the wheel--i.e., napping and drinking coffee. METHODS We performed a cross-sectional questionnaire survey. Data from professional (n = 716) and non-professional (n = 3365) drivers were used f...

Drowsy driving is a major cause of automobile accidents. Previous studies used neuroimaging based approaches such as analysis of electroencephalogram (EEG) activities to understand the brain dynamics of different cortical regions during drowsy driving. However, the coupling between brain regions responding to this vigilance change is still unclear. To have a comprehensive understanding of neura...

PURPOSE The present study explored the effect of various lifestyle patterns and sleep-related factors on the sleep-related road risk. Sleep-related factors included daytime sleepiness, drowsy driving and quality/quantify of sleep. METHODS A sample of 1366 non-professional drivers aged 19-65 was selected from the broader Athens area of Greece, using stratified random sampling. The questionnair...

On November 20-21, 2002, the National Sleep Foundation (NSF), a U.S.-based non-profit organization, and a coalition of other organizations, federal agencies and corporations convened a National Summit to Prevent Drowsy Driving at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC. The Summit brought together experts in the fields of transportation, safety and health, sleep research, and communi...

Drowsy driving is one of important factors to cause the car accident. The parents usually worry about the traffic safe of their children. Therefore, we proposed a drowsy detection and monitoring system through Internet in this paper. Firstly, the brain wave was captured by single channel EEG device. Therefore the drowsy state of driver can be analyzed by drowsiness detection system. The system ...

Studies have documented operator drowsiness, sleepiness, or fatigue as causal or contributing factors in aviation, maritime, and trucking accidents. However, estimates of the prevalence of drowsy drivers on the road and of the proportion of motor vehicle crashes that involve drowsy drivers vary widely. This study presents new estimates of the prevalence of drowsy drivers on U.S. roads and of th...