According to a recent article published by the Consumer Reports website, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention issued a report indicating that people are falling asleep behind the wheel often and that the number of drowsy drivers has been increasing in the past years. The study shows that about 4.2 percent of 147,076 drivers who participated in this study admit to have fallen asleep while behind the wheel at least one time during the last 30 days. The study (read more)
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04
Jan
2013
Study Exposes Dangers Of Drowsy Driving
28
Aug
2012
Drowsy Driver Crashes Into Parked Cars
An SUV crashed into a row of stopped vehicles near a border patrol checkpoint, according to multiple news agencies. The accident occurred when the driver of a 2002 Chevrolet Suburban reportedly nodded off while behind the wheel while traveling on the northbound lanes of the Interstate 15. The 20-year-old allowed his vehicle to veer across the lanes of the road until it finally crashed into nine parked cars near Rainbow Canyon Boulevard. According to the news, the crash occurred at (read more)
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28
Aug
2012
Teen Drivers Learn About The Eight Danger Zones
Keeping up with the eight ‘danger zones’ of teen driving is the best way to keep the statistics of teen driving safety going up, according to a series of news reports. According to the article, experts arrived at this conclusion after looking into the results of the 2011 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey. The work revolves around eight specific areas that include increasing the number of supervised hours of a teen driver, removing all distractions like other young passengers, cell (read more)
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06
Aug
2012
Drowsy Driving Behind Auto Crash
Several news articles mentioned that a teen driver reportedly fell asleep at the wheel while traveling on Highway 299. The vehicle veered off the roadway near Buckhorn Summit and rolled over. The 18-year-old and his 24-year-old passenger both suffered major injuries and were rushed to the hospital as soon as the authorities responded to the scene. More details were not available to the media. At this moment, officers are looking into the crash to determine the causes behind it, but (read more)
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13
Jun
2012
Officer Hurt In Auto Crash
According to several news agencies in California, California Highway Patrol agents are investigating a crash that sent a Marin County sheriff’s deputy to the hospital. The official accident reports have revealed that a 62-year-old motorist was driving her 2007 Honda Civic on the eastbound lanes of the Sir Francis Drake Boulevard when she allowed the vehicle to veer off her lane, cross over the broken yellow line and straight into the path of an oncoming 2009 Ford Crown Victoria patrol (read more)
Read MoreAn accident that happened last Wednesday morning left a woman severely injured, according to multiple news agencies. An official memo issued by the California Highway Patrol shows that the 52-year-old woman was driving her 2011 Ford Fiesta on the eastbound lanes of the Highway 26 when her vehicle suddenly veered off, crossed into the westbound lanes and drove into the path of a two-axle Freightliner truck. According to the authorities, the truck driver attempted to swerve but unfortunately it was (read more)
Read MoreAccording to several news sources, an accident that happened on Highway 68 sent the driver to the hospital sustaining moderate injuries. The California Highway Patrol has stated that the accident occurred last Wednesday morning near the Pasadera Drive. According to the official reports, a 33-year-old motorist was driving his Chevy on the freeway when he suddenly drifted off the road and crashed his vehicle into a tree. Traffic flow wasn’t affected by this accident because the Chevy eventually rolled down (read more)
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21
Feb
2012
Bus Driver Falls Asleep, Hits Power Pole
According to local news sources, a bus motorist fell asleep behind the wheel last Monday, causing a series of minor accidents in the South Los Angeles community of Willowbrook. The official report released by a spokesperson for the California Highway Patrol shows that the 40-year-old driver was drowsy driving when the vehicle, which wasn’t carrying any passengers at the time, hit several trees, two traffic signs, a bus stop and a light pole. The Southern California Edison company attended to the (read more)
Read MoreSeveral distinguished online news publications have stated that there was a crash on Interstate 15 around 6:40 p.m. involving a pickup truck. Callers who were trying to report the accident thought that the utility trailer hooked to the truck was a horse loading tow but the California Highway Patrol stated that the truck was actually loaded with Christmas lights. The accident happened on the southbound lane of the Interstate when the driver of the truck allegedly fell asleep. Authorities reported (read more)
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07
Dec
2010
16-year-old Crashes Big Rig On 210 Freeway
A teenager crashed a semi-truck into a mobile home park after falling asleep behind the wheel. His dad let him drive the car since he wanted to take a nap.
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