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Drowsy driving can be just as dangerous as driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Here's how you may be able to prove a drowsy or sleeping driver caused your car accident injuries: ➡️ Witness testimony ➡️ Evidence of pre-existing sleep disorders ➡️ Accident reconstruction experts ➡️ Sleep experts ➡️ Driver’s schedule ➡️ Electronic records Learn more at AtlantaAdvocate.com
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
This is a piece from a panel I went to on “Writing Realistic Death Scenes” at a local writing event. It has no fandom or anything, it’s just original works out of the blue.
I’m sorry that I killed a child here. It’s somewhat of a cautionary tale about being sleepy while driving.
Also, for those who don’t want to follow the link:
It was early that day, probably seven in the morning. I had been traveling on the road for fifteen hours, and I hadn't stopped to rest. Lord, I should have stopped somewhere, at least for two hours.
I was going through a small down, and was in a residential spot, but my mind wasn't all there. I faded in and out of consciousness. Despite the sunshine and blaring music in my car, I couldn't keep my eyes open.
Close
Open
There's a little girl fifteen feet ahead.
Close
Open
There's a ball eight feet ahead.
Close
Wham!
My eyes snapped open to see drops of blood on my windshield, and I heard screaming in front of my car. I got out as fast as I could to see what, or who, I hit. What I saw made me want to vomit:
The little girl from earlier. Her hair was mussed, her little pink dress covered in blood, her eyes dripped with tears, and blood oozed from her mouth. I'd later find out that my license plate was loose, and it gouged her stomach, but in that moment I felt like a murderer in the worst way possible.
Things blurred after that. Parents screamed, ambulance and policed sirens wailed, handcuffs clicked onto my wrists. The only thing I know for certain is that I killed an eight year old girl, because I wouldn't stop to sleep...
Are Sleepy Drivers Becoming An Issue On The Roadways?
Are Sleepy Drivers Becoming An Issue On The Roadways?
The world we live in is a fast paced, never sleeping, on the go all the time, world. A lot of the time it feels as if there is just not enough hours in the day to accomplish everything on your “to do” list for the day. When the issue of completing tasks is concerned, we have to overlook something else on our task list and unfortunately, that tends to be sleep.
Why do we need sleep anyways…….
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YouTube videos give insight into sleepy driving
YouTube videos give insight into sleepy driving
YouTube videos of drowsy drivers give useful insights into how people perceive sleepy driving as a common yet controllable behaviour, according to a new study. “In-vehicle footage relating to driver fatigue is present on YouTube and is actively engaged with by viewers,” said author Ashleigh Filtness from Australia’s Queensland University of Technology’s (QUT) Centre for Accident Research and Road…
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Drowsy Driving PSA
Long PSA, because I love you all: One of the hot topics in my Psychology of Sleep and Dreams class this semester is sleep deprivation and it’s effects on the body and mind. Today, we focused specifically on drowsy driving. Almost everyone knows drowsy driving is dangerous, but not many people make an effort to prevent it. Whereas driving drunk is constantly looked down on (as it should be), hardly anyone bats an eye when it comes to yawning and driving. Both are equally dangerous. Sleep debt begins to add up the moment you wake up in the morning. Every hour awake is another hour of sleep deprivation. A sleep debt of 20 hours is equivalent to a BAC of 0.08, and 24 hours is equivalent to a 0.10 BAC. Your body is most susceptible to sleepiness mid-afternoon and between the hours of 12:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. Please, if you feel any signs of sleepiness (slow blinking, restlessness, daydreaming, etc), or you know your sleep debt is at a dangerous level, do your best to avoid driving. It only takes a small mistake or a second of microsleep to cause a life changing accident. So, also, shout out to my BFF who is my “DD” this evening as I’m running on only two hours of sleep and a sleep debt of more than 13 hours! Thanks, gurl.
http://youtu.be/X4wAfCzYELA
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This tattoo should be very eye-opening for all drivers (pun intended!). It's National Sleep Awareness Week. Let's all make sure to get plenty of shut-eye at home so we don't have to worry about getting it on the road!
