CDC warning about Drowsy Driving

A new warning is out from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about driving drowsy. The CDC’s Ann Wheaton says driving drowsy is like driving drunk.  “Some previous studies have shown that being awake for 24 hours is comparable to blood alcohol content of .1%, which is above the legal limit in all states.” Wheaton says people who reported snoring or sleeping six or fewer hours per day were more likely to report falling asleep while driving. “4.2% of adults reported that they had fallen asleep while driving in the previous month.” The study found that more people drive drowsy than suspected.  “The prevalence of people actually driving while impaired by being sleepy is going to be a bit higher; sometimes people will fall asleep for just a moment and not realize that they had fallen asleep.” The CDC study on drowsy driving found that Oregon had the lowest and Texas had the highest prevalence of drowsy driving.