That's why, when I drive when I'm tired, I like to keep a conversation going. You know, through text messages.

Drove across the country once. Wish I could have slept through Nebraska, and Iowa.

Happy Hours: So all you MADD cocksuckers can STFU about how much better the rest of the world is because they have lower BAC limits - and hey, if you really wanted that why didn't you just move there in the first place?

There is a strong correlation between lower BAC limits and serious alcohol related health issues since binge drinking increases. It happened in teh US with the introduction of the 18 drinking age. Central London goes BAC 0.00% and while the number of slightly drunk drivers drops, the number of very drunk goes way up resulting in more people dying on the roads. And most very drunk drivers are very tired too. Australia could expect to have 4000 more people a year drop dead due to alcohol related liver issues if they dropped the .05% to .02% as even more people would drinking heavily at bars since they know they aren't going drive home. The current deaths due to road accidents is about 160 people a year once you take into account MADD like stats where a passenger in a car was drunk even though a sober driver ran a red light and killed them or the "did you have any drink in the last 12 hours"

I said this around four years ago. I had to research the affects sleep deprivation has on people for a job. It's scary to lose out on sleep.

Saberus Terras: And "drowsy driving" will continue to become an epidemic among the IT profession as employers continue to push for single-threaded shifts with longer and longer hours.

I wouldn't be surprised in the least if there were some poor bastards being pushed into 24 hour shifts. Alone. And you better not try to sleep because idiots will be calling every 15 minutes because they can't log in/a drive failed/they wiped their OS on accident. And the next guy called in, so it'll be an extra 6 hours before we can get the weekend guy in to relieve you.

Please just shoot me now.

Medical support field as well. We have one week mandatory on-call per month (sometimes more), and no on-site facilities for resting. So once our regular shift ends we go home and wait for a call...which never fails to come in right after dinner. Minimum time on-call is typically three hours, after which we go back home...only to be called back less than two hours later.

Did I mention that not only do we drive to and from the office, but our job involves driving to remote hospitals?

So yeah. Falling asleep behind the wheel is kinda common. Nothing we can do about it. Corp refuses to staff around the clock, and there is a limit to how long caffeine can keep you awake.

/and we're not out of the ordinary for this industry

Didn't Mythbusters confirm this already?

rogue49: DWNA

Driving While Not Alert

or

Driving With No Attention

new law in 5, 4, 3...

/should cover quite a bit.

Here, like most jurisdictions, has a 'distracted driving' law. I think that DWI infractions should fall within that law. I see precious difference between driving intoxicated and looking down in your lap while texting. The drunk guy at least has his eyes on the road.

My Farking Ticket Because of Andre