Being sleepy behind the wheel as dangerous as drink driving

June 04, 2012 15:19

Another one of those 'path-breaking studies'.

Getting behind the wheel while youre sleepy is almost as dangerous as drinking and driving, a study has revealed.

Researchers from France found that drivers who were either drunk or sleepy were at least twice as likely to cause a vehicle accident as their sober or well-rested counterparts, the Daily Mail reported.

For the study, a team of experts directed by Nicholas Moore at the Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire de Bordeaux analysed information from 679 drivers admitted to a hospital in southwestern France for more than 24 hours because of a serious accident between 2007 and 2009.

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