Trucker Sleep
It is part of the American culture to work as hard as you can, with people often being proud of the fact that they can get by on a small amount of sleep.
However, this is nothing to be proud of apparently as Dr. Mark Roseland of the National Transportation Safety Board has revealed, sleep is a vital part of overall health, in fact just as important as food, water and air.
He states that if you do not get sufficient sleep, between seven and nine hours a night, your performance and judgment can become impaired meaning that you can be a danger to yourself and to those around you.
Dr. Roseland went on to say that it is not just one single night with less sleep which is a problem but the amount of sleep debt you have can mount up over time. Just one hour’s less sleep a night for a month means that you are 30 hours in debt and your performance will not return to optimum until that is made up. The good news is that you do not have to sleep for the full 30 hours as those with sleep debt sleep deeper.
Sleep is an essential part of living a healthy life. Getting enough sleep before getting behind the wheel is not just the right thing to do, but it is the law. If you, or someone you know, have been the victim of a serious car accident involving a driver who was driving while drowsy, contact the Reno accident attorneys of Jolley Urga Woodbury & Little at (702) 699-7500 or contact us online today.
