DROWSY DRIVING AWARENESS WEEK || November 1-7, 2015
Drive Alert, Arrive Alive |
SHC will return to its normal news curation next week.
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DROWSY DRIVING NEWS
54 News Stories About Falling Asleep Behind the Wheel In Just One Week
OCT 30 || ASBURY PARK PRESS
APP, Meridian want to help you sleep
OCT 30 || MY TWIN TIERS
Motorist Warned About Drowsy Driving After Time Change
OCT 30 || SKIFBULL CHANNEL
10 Terrifying Realities Of Sleep Deprivation (video)
OCT 30 || TRIB LIVE
Crash in White Township injures 3
OCT 30 || WWMT
UPDATED: WB I-94 re-opens following rollover crash
OCT 31 || CROSSROADS COLLEGE PREP
Get enough sleep! (video)
IN DEPTH || End of daylight saving time 2015: 6 eye-opening facts... One-hour time change linked to effects on heart attack, traffic fatality rates
NOV 1 || MY SAN ANTONIO
Police say driver jumps curb, hits, kills pedestrian
DMV officials warn of fatigued driving
NOV 1 || WFLA
Two teens dead, driver injured when she fell asleep at the wheel on CA road
NOV 2 || BANGOR DAILY NEWS
Police: Driver of overturned tractor trailer fell asleep at the wheel
NOV 2 || CBS NEWS EDMONTON
Bravery medal for girl, 5, who saved mom, brother in car wreck: Lexi Shymanski escaped car wreck, climbed steep embankment to flag down passing vehicle
NOV 2 || KSBW
Drowsy driving causes roadway danger
NOV 2 || KTVQ
Blind Laurel athlete defies odds, trains for ski competition--Officials believe Mooney fell asleep at the wheel when he crashed into another car 11 years ago
NOV 2 || NEWSPLEX
Traffic Safety Study Looks at Drowsy Driving
NOV 2 || SHAPE
What's Worse: Sleep Deprivation or Disrupted Sleep?
NOV 3 || BUZZFEED NEWS
Ben Carson: I’ve Literally Fallen Asleep At The Wheel--Several Times Carson has written of several times he fell asleep at the wheel of a car, including two separate instances that occurred decades apart in which he dodged an 18-wheeler
NOV 3 || ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT ONLINE
Soap Star Nathaniel Marston May Have Fallen Asleep at the Wheel in Horrific Car Crash
NOV 3 || HJ NEWS
Preston man faces trial in fatal drowsy driving case
Milwaukee man falls asleep behind wheel, crashes into pole in Wright Township
Criticism of lenient penalties on bus and truck operators by RSA: Driver fatigue thought to be deciding factor in 20% of deaths – about 38 fatalities in 2014
NOV 3 || MILWAUKEE JOURNAL-SENTINEL
Vehicle fire closes I-43 for 3 hours after sleeping woman hits disabled semi
NOV 3 || MY NORTHWEST.com
Study: 37 percent of us have fallen asleep at the wheel
NOV 3 || NEWS 12 WRDW ATLANTA
Truck driver accused of hitting and killing man admits to falling asleep behind the wheel
NOV 3 || NORTHWEST TERRITORY NEWS
Driver was chasing snakes before Arnhem Highway crash with truck: A DRIVER who fell asleep at the wheel of his ute, ran a red light and was T-boned by a road train carrying 100,000 litres of fuel had been out “chasing snakes” for photographs in a national park
NOV 4 || ABC NEWS
Wake-Up Call: Alarming Number of Motorists Confess to Drowsy Driving
NOV 4 || AUTOCONNECTED CAR NEWS
NOV 4 || INQUISITR
Adrian Campos Death: Colombian Soap Star's Husband May Have Fallen Asleep At The Wheel
NOV 4 || KIRKLAND REPORTER
King County Councilmember, Sheriff remind drivers about the dangers of drowsy driving
NOV 4 || NEWSRADIO KONP
Drowsy Driving Causing Problems On WA Roads
NOV 4 || US NEWS & WORLD REPORT
When Allergy or Cold Medication Makes You Drowsy: How to Stay Alert
NOV 4 || WATERTOWN DAILY NEWS
Potsdam man crashes car after falling asleep, troopers say (video)
NOV 4 || WCHS-TV 8
Slow Lane Reopens On I-64 WB Near Cross Lanes After Wreck, Broken Down Tractor-Trailer--The driver of the accident told police he fell asleep at the wheel. Dispatchers said he suffered a head injury
NOV 4 || WCPO CINCINNATI
Two injured in three-car crash in Delhi
NOV 5 || GLENN SANDLIN
Drowsy Driving Project 2 (video)
NOV 5 || KARE 11
Crash, fuel spill closes Hwy 12 -- Dump truck driver asleep at the wheel?
NOV 5 || KPHO
Deputies: Driver asleep at the wheel hospitalizes 3
NOV 5 || THE NOW DENVER
The Drowsy Driving Epidemic (video)
NOV 5 || VALLEY NEWS LIVE
Healthier Me: Treating Sleep Apnea to Keep Drivers Safe
NOV 5 || WFPL
Heavy-Spending Trucking Industry Pushes Congress to Relax Safety Rules
NOV 5 || WSAW
Drowsiness likely a factor in head-on Mosinee crash
NOV 5 || WSBTV
Police cite driver who fell asleep at the wheel
Community softens blow for teen paralyzed in hit-and-run
Tired Eyes
NOV 6 || KBND
Drowsy driving blamed for Tumalo crash
NOV 6 || PATTAYA ONE
Pick-up driver killed in crash with 18-wheel truck in East Pattaya
Drowsy driving blamed for Tumalo crash
NOV 6 || PATTAYA ONE
Pick-up driver killed in crash with 18-wheel truck in East Pattaya
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