Skipping 2 Hours Sleep Doubles Risk of Car Accident

Wed, 07 Dec 2016 15:12:23 +0000

A recent study by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety stating that drivers who are one or two hours shy of seven hours of sleep a night are more likely to double their risk for getting into a crash the next day. the study insists that driving while sleep-deprived can increase a drivers risk of crashing. While the idea of sleep deprivation causing accidents is not a new concept, researchers were very surprised that there were detectable increases in crash risks when a driver had slept just one hour less than the seven hours recommended by sleep experts.

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Skipping 2 Hours Sleep Doubles Risk of Car Accident