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Night Workers at Greater Risk of Daytime Car Crashes
In a study of 16 night-shift workers, more than one-third were involved in near crashes while participating in a test drive after work, researchers report.
The same drivers experienced zero near-crashes after sleeping sufficient amounts the night before the same test drive, according to the study, published online Dec. 21 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
"What is unique about this study is that it (was) done in daytime" and there was a "stupendously increased risk of these near-crash events," said study author Dr. Charles Czeisler, chief of the division of sleep and circadian disorders at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.
"It reveals just how dangerous it is to drive home after working all night," added Czeisler, also a professor of sleep medicine at Harvard Medical School in Boston. "It also shows that these very same people, if they slept the previous night, don't have any of these incidents, so it's not that they're inherently dangerous drivers."
The same drivers experienced zero near-crashes after sleeping sufficient amounts the night before the same test drive, according to the study, published online Dec. 21 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
"What is unique about this study is that it (was) done in daytime" and there was a "stupendously increased risk of these near-crash events," said study author Dr. Charles Czeisler, chief of the division of sleep and circadian disorders at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.
"It reveals just how dangerous it is to drive home after working all night," added Czeisler, also a professor of sleep medicine at Harvard Medical School in Boston. "It also shows that these very same people, if they slept the previous night, don't have any of these incidents, so it's not that they're inherently dangerous drivers."
http://health.usnews.com/health-news/articles/2015-12-22/night-shift-workers-may-be-prone-to-car-crashes
Anybody who has worked nights will relate to this study. Be careful!
