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Date:         Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:42:17 -0800
Reply-To:     Bernie <berniej@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Bernie <berniej@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Any Suggestions for 24-hour,straight through driving road
              trip??
Comments: To: Paul Guzyk <paullist08@guzyk.com>
In-Reply-To:  <200911122226.AA9765388@mail.interslice.com>
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The stark dangers of driving tired were highlighted in new research
published earlier in the month by [UK] Road Safety Minister David Jamieson.






The research on selected motorways and trunk roads [in Britain] shows that:


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   17% of road crashes resulting in *any injury* or death were sleep
   related; **
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   One quarter of all road crashes that caused death or *serious injury* were
   sleep related; **
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   85% of drivers causing sleep related crashes were men;
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   67% of sleep related crashes were caused by car drivers and 32% were
   caused by drivers of good vehicles;
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   While road crashes occur mostly on Fridays, these sleep related crashes
   occurred least on Fridays and mostly on Mondays.
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