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Not drunk. Not speeding. Just tired.

Adapt Ideations • Apr 22, 2019

Fatigue is one of the most common dangers to road safety and poses several risks to drivers as well as passengers and pedestrians on the road.

How many people can honestly say that they get the recommended eight hours of sleep every night? When your job involves driving, it is not only yourself that you are impacting and posing a significant risk to. It also poses a major risk to the safety of other drivers, the reputation of the company you are employed by and the wider community. You’d think that the signs of fatigue would be fairly obvious, although some go unnoticed and a few we all tend to ignore.  

Fatigue is one of the most common dangers to road safety and poses several risks to drivers as well as passengers and pedestrians on the road. Fatigue impacts the amount of time they have to react to hazards due to their impaired focus and concentration levels. The on-road decision-making process as a whole can be adversely affected and can have serious implications for road safety. Allianz Australia has estimated that significantly 20 – 30 percent of all fatal crashes on Australian roads are due to fatigue.  

It is a well-known fact that the recommended amount of sleep each person needs is between seven and eight hours each night. Those with less, build up a sleep debt or sleep deficit. The Transport Accident Commission points out that if a driver falls asleep even only for four seconds while driving at a speed of 100 kilometers per hour the vehicle would have traveled 111 metres. Thus, significantly potentially leaving the vehicle out of control during those 111 metres. At high speed, a crash is likely with a high risk of death or severe injury. According to Transport NSW, from 2013 to 2017 more people in NSW died in fatigue-related crashes than drink driving crashes. 

The drivers considered at greatest risk of being involved in a fatigue-related accident are young drivers, shift workers and drivers with sleep disorders. In a study conducted by the  Adelaide Centre for Sleep Research, it was concluded that if a person was to stay awake for a total amount of 17 hours that it would create the same amount of risk as someone who had a blood alcohol reading of .05. This significantly highlights the high risk associated with fatigue.  

It’s important to adopt a complex strategy for tackling driver fatigue. Even though all drivers are educated and reminded about the potential risk of driving while fatigued, it still affects many. Drivers should be reminded regularly that they are legally obligated to take rest periods of a certain length at particular intervals.  

Emerging technology is creating a big difference in reducing the risk of driver fatigue in various ways. Adapt Ideations' vehicle surveillance system provides real-time surveillance of drivers allowing greater safety standards to be achieved and alleviating the risk of driver fatigue. The system also provides tracking of vehicles on location, status, vehicle and driver recognition and a panic button in case of an emergency.   

The best way to combat driver fatigue is by sleeping. Make a choice not to drive when tired or follow these guidelines to prevent fatigue: get a good night’s sleep, take regular breaks, share the driving responsibility, don’t drink alcohol before your trip, don’t travel at times when you’d be usually sleeping.  

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