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Drowsy drivers are a bigger risk factor in vehicle accidents than previously thought, according to a new study out today.

Closer to home, there are more than 730 traffic accidents in South Carolina linked to drowsy or fatigued drivers.

Furthermore, drowsy or fatigued drivers are responsible for an estimated 56,000 crashes annually with more than 40,000 of them resulting in fatal and non-fatal injuries.

One of the most dangerous aspects of drowsy or fatigued drivers is that although 37 percent of them admit to having fallen asleep behind the wheel, research shows drivers are very poor at gauging their sleepiness before being involved in an accident.

The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety estimates that an average of 328,000 annual crashes in the U.S. involve a drowsy driver, including 109,000 that result in injuries and 6,400 that involve a fatality.

An odor - based driver alertness monitor — yes, that's right; if you get drowsy, it starts to stink — lives in the cockpit, as does bacteria - neutralizing seat fabric, a humidifier, an oxygen regulator, and so - called «anti-aging» window glass.

If the car senses too many abrupt course corrections in highway driving, it assumes a drowsy driver and will recommend a wake - up break.

The I - DA system provides an audible and visual warning if the system judges that the driver may be drowsy (using analysis of steering inputs to detect changes in the driving behavior).

Buyers opting for the Advanced Pre-Collision package will also get a driver attention monitor which can detect drowsy drivers, an adaptive cruise control with pre-collision system and a lane keep assist system to keep drivers in their lane.

When the system determines that a potentially drowsy driver is at the wheel, it suggests taking a break via an audible tone and a notification in the instrument cluster.1

This function watched the driver's position within the lane lines, and alerted the driver if they were drifting out of the lane (if a turn signal was used, this alert was not activated), with Sway warning notified the driver if they appeared to be unable to stay centered in the lane, suggesting they may be overly drowsy.

Observing the driver's steering behavior has proved to be a particularly strong indicator: several years of practical research by Mercedes - Benz have shown that drowsy drivers make minor steering errors which they often correct very rapidly in a characteristic way.

The V - Class received three advanced rewards, one for the Mercedes - Benz PRE-SAFE (the system prepares all the passive systems in the event of an imminent collision), other for the Mercedes - Benz Attention Assist (the system helps drivers recognise when they are drowsy or inattentive) and the last one for the Mercedes - Benz Collision Prevention Assist (the system is designed to help drivers avoid or mitigate longitudinal accidents).

The run - off - road protection package uses five levels of drowsy driver detection to suggest it's time for a brake plus lane keep assist, in order to forcefully steer the car back onto the road if possible.

Observing the driver's steering behaviour has proved to be a particularly strong indicator: several years of practical research by Mercedes engineers have shown that drowsy drivers make minor steering errors that can often be rapidly corrected in characteristic ways.

IN - CABIN CO2 SENSOR High CO2 levels can cause a driver to feel fatigued or drowsy.

In addition, Driver Monitoring technology will also check on you and provide you with warnings if it believes you may be too drowsy to drive.

Crosswind Assist (a unique system designed to curb susceptibility to drifting in gusty conditions through strategic brake usage), is standard, as is Attention Assist, a drowsy driver monitor.

Results of the survey suggest that drowsy drivers are also involved in approximately 300,000 crashes each year, 6,400 of them fatal.

It came with Volvo's City Safety Collision Avoidance System with Pedestrian and Cyclist Detection and Avoidance, lane departure warning and lane keeping aid, a road sign information system that displays speed limits in the instrument cluster, driver alert control to watch for drowsy driving, adaptive headlights, blind spot detection and cross traffic alert, automated parking, and adaptive cruise control with full stop and go.

35 percent of drivers get less than the recommended seven hours sleep every night and drowsy driving contributes to more than one in five fatal crashes in the US each year.

If you end up getting involved in an accident caused by a drowsy driver, immediately contact a car accident attorney familiar with these kinds of cases to get the legal help you need.

If you have been injured in a car crash caused by a drowsy driver, you may be able to recover compensation through a personal injury claim.

For example, a judge may determine that the truck driver was drowsy, driving too fast and driving too many hours, but if a collision happened when the motorist was in the truck's blind spot, the driver may share some of the liability with the trucker.

Unfortunately, many car accident victims suffer injuries in crashes caused by drowsy drivers or those behind the wheel while fatigued.

A recently released study from AAA concluded that even though more than 95 percent of drivers see drowsy driving as completely unacceptable, more than a third admitted to doing it themselves at least once in the last 30 days.

It often comes as a surprise to drivers, but drowsy driving can be nearly as dangerous as drunk driving in some cases.

Drowsy drivers contribute to one out of every six fatal accidents and one in eight accidents resulting in injury.

While risky driving behaviors are far from the most common cause of bus accidents, most drivers involved in bus accidents did not exhibit risky or reckless driving behaviors, compared to a small percent that were accused of serious offenses like DUI, drowsy driving, or speeding.

Additionally, these rest logs can be the subject of a subpoena in cases alleging that a driver was drowsy or was not otherwise complying with the state or federal truck driver rest requirements.

Worse yet, some truck drivers refuse to rest or sleep and continue to drive in a drowsy state, causing fatalities or catastrophic accidents.

California enacted a resolution that proclaimed April 6, 2005 as Drowsy Driver Awareness Day in response to the number of fatigued drivers on the roadways.

In the above story, the sleeping driver could have been at fault for the accident even if he was not drowsy, because he had veered into oncoming traffic.

Usually drivers are drowsy while driving in the night.

As per the survey conducted, one in five fatal accidents involve a drowsy driver.

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