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Driving while tired can be as dangerous as driving drunk. Absolutely true. [1] The problem is cultural: While we've successfully established shaming around DUI
by mortenjorck 11y ago
Driving while tired can be as dangerous as driving drunk.
Absolutely true. [1] The problem is cultural: While we've successfully established shaming around DUI, I think there's a certain kind of deeper, Protestant-work-ethic-derived rationalization we seem to make for drowsy driving. "You're working hard, so it's all right."
Perhaps the same ethical framework that was used to make DUI popularly unacceptable can be used for drowsy driving: To drive in this condition is to indulge one's self at others' peril.
[1] http://phys.org/news/2011-01-drivers-bad-drunk.html http://phys.org/news/2011-01-drivers-bad-drunk.html
- jerrac 11y agoThe hard part is that it often seems like you "have" to drive at times. I'm a single guy living alone, so when my fridge is empty, I "have" to get food. Even when tired or sick. Sure I could use public transportation, but when you're that tired, is it even available? Or would you have the energy to use it? Anyway, that's part of why people still drive while tired. They have to do something important, not necessarily work. So it would be hard to make it publicly unacceptable.