FACTS

1. Fatigue decreases our ability to think clearly and remain attentive and vigilant. Drivers who are tired or fatigued are much more likely to make critical errors resulting in crashes.
2. There is no test to determine sleepiness as there is for intoxication, i.e. a “Breathalyzer”.
3. State reporting practices are inconsistent. There is little or no police training in identifying drowsiness as a crash factor. Every state currently addresses fatigue and/or sleepiness in some way in their crash report forms.
4. Self-reporting is unreliable.
5. Sleep related crashes are most common in young people, especially men, adults with children and shift workers.
6. Sleep […]

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