Nearly 100,000 car accidents each year is caused by DWD--Driving While Drowsy. Approximately 1,500 people are killed in car accidents because of it. According to sleep experts, driving tests on someone being awake for 18 to 19 hours results in the similar findings as someone who has an alcohol level of .1.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, a typical automobile accident related to DWD--driving while drowsy--has the following characteristics:
The problem occurs during late night/early morning or mid afternoon.
The car accident is likely to be serious.
A single vehicle leaves the roadway.
The automobile accident occurs on a high-speed road.
The driver does not attempt to avoid the car accident.
The driver is alone in the vehicle.
Although no driver is immune, the people highest at risk are young people (ages 16 to 29), especially males; shift workers whose sleep is disrupted by working at night or working long or irregular hours; and people with untreated sleep apnea syndrome or narcolepsy.
Studies have showed that taking a short nap (about 15 to 20 minutes) and consuming caffeine equivalent to two cups of coffee do make a short-term difference. However, other suggestions such as opening a window or listening to the radio have not proven to remedy DWD.
If you are too drowsy to drive, pull over and rest. Call a friend to pick you up. Do something so you and all the other drivers and passengers on the road are not injured or killed because of your driving while drowsy.
In my practice, I have represented families who have suffered because someone else caused an automobile accident because they were too tired to drive safely. Families can be forever changed because of a car accident. I have seen it happen too many times!
Thursday, November 29, 2007
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as an aspiring rally driver, here is the best advice i have to offer on how to avoid a serious spinal injury should the worst happen when you are driving. As you can imagine, i have the odd accident at work, and my co-pilot told be that if i am seated with my bum right in the corner of seat and my back against the back rest from bum to shoulders (i.e with the spine in an upright, supported position, then should we have a crash, or have to stop suddenly, the damage to my spine will be minimal. I haven't had another accident at work since he told me this, but next time i do i promise to update you guys and let you know how the spine was after!
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Sunday, June 8, 2008
$1.2 Million Jury Verdict in Rear-end Accident in California
In 2005, Ms. Kathleen Donovan was stopped in traffic north of Ventura, California, when her sedan was rear-ended by a pickup truck driven by Patrick Gallagher, an employee of Gold Coast Erectors. Larry Johnson, another driver and an employee of Weatherford USLP, had been driving between Donovan and Gallagher, but swerved out of the lane when Donovan stopped. Ms. Donovan sustained fatal injuries and died at the scene of the wreck.
Her mother, Constance Donovan, sued Gallagher, Gold Coast Erectors, Johnson and Weatherford USLP, alleging negligence.
Gallagher and Gold Coast Erectors admitted liability but argued that Johnson and Weatherford were also negligent. Both Johnson and his firm denied liability. Gallagher contended that he was driving behind Johnson’s vehicle, which blocked his view of Ms. Donovan. Gallagher argued that Johnson did not slow appropriately, forcing him to swerve out of the lane when Ms. Donovan stopped and that this was negligent, because it compromised his opportunity to avoid the collision.
Constance Donovan did not seek any economic damages, as she was not financially dependent on her daughter at the time of her death, but asked the jury for $3.5 to $4.5 million in noneconomic damages for the value of her daughter's life. The jury awarded her $1.2 million in noneconomic damages, with 90 percent of the fault to Gallagher and Gold Coast Erectors and 10 percent to Johnson and Weatherford USLP.
Even though you may be among the safest drivers on the road, you never know when the actions of those around you can cause injury and death. The Law Offices of Michael L. Neff ask you to drive defensively; and if you or a loved one has been injured in a Georgia car or truck accident that was someone else’s fault, call us or email us immediately before evidence is destroyed. Let us help you get the settlement you deserve.
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Accidents are a horrible thing
i have a personal experience with this, my sister who met with an accident because of a car hit on a national highway road and she has to suffer all her life because of this incident as she lost her left hand
You have a good post but I feel Trouble when I read Accident articles because I have experience with that. Keep update I will back later to read your fresh article
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