re: How do people fall asleep while driving?

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I don't understand how somebody lets this happen.

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Pretty easy if you work night shift.


I read a study somewhere where they interviewed a thousand night shift nurses. Almost every one of them admitted to falling asleep while driving at least once in the past year.


There was actually a story of a nurse that died in a car accident driving home from a night shift. She fell asleep and crashed her vehicle. The family I think wanted to sue the hospital because the hospital would not allow employees to nap in their car if they needed to before driving home or to use their lunch break for a quick nap. Study after study has shown that allowing night shift workers the option of a quick nap(on their break time) actually increases productivity and decreases the risk of that person falling asleep when they drive home.


My hospital forbids us to nap at all. Even if you use your lunch break to take a 10 minute nap...you can be immediately fired and escorted off the property if you are caught napping. Don't think they will actually do that....they already have to a couple of employees.


I have fallen asleep many times while at a stoplight coming home from work. I usually blare my music really loud driving home with windows down now to keep me awake