In the wake of the Philips CPAP recall, an Oregon-based truck driver has filed a class action lawsuit due to not being able to work while not being treated for sleep apnea.
A new artificial intelligence (AI) system will detect when a driver becomes too drowsy to safely drive a vehicle, reports CNN Business.As of 2022, new safety technologies will become mandatory in new European vehicles, including...
The truck driver was asleep at the wheel and never saw the stopped traffic, reports CBS 4 Denver.Now they hope to use money from the verdict to educate people. They’re starting by creating a...
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A team of sleep professionals and colleagues from Stony Brook University share results from their...
Read MoreThe driver said she said she hadn’t been to sleep for a while and that she just fell asleep and drove off the road, reports Fox4 KC.The 17-year-olds said the experience showed them how fragile life can be. At the same...
Read MoreA driver in Pennsylvania fell asleep at the wheel when she crossed into oncoming traffic. A Northampton County judge on Wednesday sentenced 71-year-old Susan Queen to six months to two years minus a day in county jail for...
Read MoreBlyncSync has focused heavily on the trucking industry, reports News9. Right now, the company is in a pilot phase where they are testing the glasses with a trucking company. That will last about six months. When it is over, they...
Read MoreAn investigation by the Deseret News has found that research on self driving cars is underway on I-80 between Salt Lake City and Wendover. Research assistants say the experiments involve drivers taking naps while the behind the...
Read MoreIn the last week, two different people have captured video of Tesla vehicles traveling down a freeway with an apparently sleeping driver behind the wheel, reports Ars Technica. Miladinovich said he saw the vehicle twice, about...
Read MoreThe Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) and The National Road Safety Foundation Inc (NRSF) announced the recipients of a third year of grants to help states implement innovative drowsy driving prevention campaigns....
Read MoreA Ford-commissioned “Sleep Suit” now enables wearers to experience in a safe environment the debilitating effects that tiredness can have. “We added special goggles to replicate microsleeps; an uncontrollable response to...
Read MoreA New York reporter for CBS takes a look at what driving without proper sleep looks and feels like through a drowsy driving simulator. A weighted vest. Arm and leg weights. All to help simulate what it feels like to drive...
Read MoreEconomy hotel brand Super 8 by Wyndham, in partnership with philanthropist and actor Giacomo Gianniotti, have launched a #JourneySafe campaign to help raise awareness and educate the public around the dangers of drowsy driving....
Read MoreA Drowsy Driving Prevention event will be held at Stony Brook on Monday, March 11, to help raise awareness about the dangers of drowsy driving and highlight the unique curriculum developed by faculty sleep experts from Stony...
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Brooklyn-based company Rear View Safety will showcase a variety of 2019 safety products at the...
Read MoreA Virginia county will give people sleeping in cars overnight up to a $250 fine, but says that napping in cars is OK, reports WSLS. County officials say when people sleep in cars, it makes neighborhoods look bad, it’s a...
Read MoreCarbon dioxide sensor specialists, Gas Sensing Solutions, wondered if drowsy driving could in part be due to a build-up of CO2 gas, because at levels of 1,000 ppm and above people can become drowsy and lethargic. The first car...
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