Driving Under the Influence of Sleep Deprivation
By Addison Taylor KVAL NewsEUGENE, Ore.-- "Absolutely if somebody is so tired that they are like nodding off, it can be like a DUI...like .10." Barry Rager, a Eugene police officer said. "We have all heard of crashes or seen crashes where someone has obviously fallen asleep at the wheel." Rager said. But some people like truck drivers are forced to spend hours and hours on the road. At a rest stop outside Coburg on interstate 5 Scott Savordi has been on the road all day long. "My day (is just now) almost over, I have already been over to Salem, to Bend, to Eugene and now just finishing up." Savordi said. In addition to a good nights rest, Savordi said there are a lot of tricks to keeping your attention on the road, like caffeine rolling the windows down, and turning up the radio. "If they've forgotten like a certain distance that they've traveled obviously that's time for that person to pull over." Officer Rager said. "We have lost a lot of people from drivers falling asleep at the wheel," he added.
But police say there is a point when you just need to stop and take a break. |
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