According to the National Sleep Foundation (NSF) in the US, more than 50% of adults have admitted to driving while drowsy at least once in the past year and these numbers are unlikely to improve. Chronic sleep deprivation is especially common amongst shift workers, who account for 20% of the US work force and have twice the number of highway accidents as day workers. Read the rest of this entry »

No matter what the industry, the human brain responds in the same way when subjected to long shifts, night driving, disrupted or reduced sleep and rapidly changing schedules. The brain becomes tired and begins to slowly fade, resulting in driver performance levels that fall away very predictably. Read the rest of this entry »