Sleeping at the wheel

Discussion in 'Trucking Accidents' started by slim shady, Oct 31, 2014.

  1. Criminey Jade

    Criminey Jade Road Train Member

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    Our school recommended that too. Never sleep in the seat and then it won't feel right if you start to doze off. So far, it's been good advice.
     
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  3. surfernabox

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    No one ever used the word all. I watched the video, and that was the information provided. I believe the exact numbers were 39k accidents prevented and 801 deaths prevented.
     
  4. Shaggy

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    The elephant in the room. The driver is not a White Male with big round blue eyes. How the heck can anyone determine if he was falling asleep.

    I'd blame the intense bright LED police lights for alternating my perception, need sunglasses these nights to pass by Law enforcement cars :glasses2:.
     
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    That's the most truth i ever did hear...well read, on this website.
     
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  6. Lepton1

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    The problem with a lot of these new high intensity, strobe like emergency vehicle lights extends WAY beyond just blinding you. I suspect many of them are timed at a frequency that is perfect for inducing epileptic seizures for those that are susceptible to that kind of thing. When Pokemon first came out and became wildly popular the show featured a similar high frequency flashing, with the TV screen flashing bright white, when there was an explosive "super power" being released by one of the characters. They had to delete that feature from the show because several children went into seizures.

    It wouldn't surprise me if more than a few accidents involving emergency vehicles were caused by seizures induced by the intense, high frequency lights they use.
     
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  7. gpsman

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    Which word? Which video? "Studies" are not normally presented in video form.

    I believe one of us has forgotten how to read.
     
  8. surfernabox

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    ...the word "all". And im speaking of the video in the news report for this accident.
     
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