Federal traffic agency targets drowsy driving

Federal traffic agency targets drowsy driving

Chicago Tribune
March 16, 2015

[…] Only limited research on fatigued driving has been conducted and the data is old, Rosekind said during an interview with the Tribune before his address to the Lifesavers National Conference on Highway Safety Priorities.

He said current estimates are that anywhere from 2 percent to 20 percent of annual traffic deaths were caused by driver drowsiness or fatigue. […]