{"id":780,"date":"2024-05-28T12:07:14","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T16:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.calljed.com\/blog\/?p=780"},"modified":"2024-05-28T12:07:14","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T16:07:14","slug":"the-dangers-of-drowsy-driving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calljed.com\/blog\/the-dangers-of-drowsy-driving\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dangers Of Drowsy Driving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-781\" src=\"https:\/\/www.calljed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5-28-24-Drowsy-Driving-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"5-28-24-Drowsy-Driving-300x200\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calljed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5-28-24-Drowsy-Driving-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.calljed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5-28-24-Drowsy-Driving-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.calljed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5-28-24-Drowsy-Driving-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.calljed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5-28-24-Drowsy-Driving.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>In many ways, the effects of driving while fatigued mirror the effects of driving under the influence of either drugs or alcohol. According to some studies, sleep-deprived motorists have <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/32571274\/\">slower reaction times<\/a> than those who are drunk. Similar effects have been reported concerning \u201clateral control,\u201d or the ability to stay within the boundaries of a single lane.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhtsa.gov\/risky-driving\/drowsy-driving\">National Highway Traffic Safety Administration<\/a> has found that drowsy driving, and drowsy drivers, are responsible for the following:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>An estimated 91,000 police-reported collisions annually;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.calljed.com\/blog\/the-dangers-of-drowsy-driving\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading The Dangers Of Drowsy Driving\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In many ways, the effects of driving while fatigued mirror the effects of driving under the influence of either drugs or alcohol. According to some studies, sleep-deprived motorists have slower reaction times than those who are drunk. Similar effects have been reported concerning \u201clateral control,\u201d or the ability to stay within the boundaries of a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,39,14,16,4,32,36,5,12,29,7],"tags":[37,40,11,18,44,9,10,19,20,45,38,17,42,25,43,41,34,47],"class_list":["post-780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-atv-accident","category-bicycle-accident","category-boat-accident","category-bus-accident","category-car-accident","category-motorcycle-accident","category-pedestrian-accident","category-personal-injury","category-railroad-accidents","category-truck-accident","category-wrongful-death","tag-attorney","tag-bicycle-injury-lawyer","tag-buffalo","tag-car-accident","tag-compensation","tag-injury","tag-lawyer","tag-liability","tag-mediation","tag-pain-and-suffering","tag-personal-injury","tag-physical-therapy","tag-prevention","tag-rochester","tag-safety","tag-tips","tag-truck-accident","tag-wrongful-death"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Dangers Of Drowsy Driving &#8212; Buffalo Personal Injury Lawyer News &#8212; May 28, 2024<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In many ways, the effects of driving while fatigued mirror the effects of driving under the influence of either drugs or alcohol. 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