Extended driving impairs nocturnal driving performances.

Extended driving impairs nocturnal driving performances.

Though fatigue and sleepiness at the wheel are well-known risk factors for traffic accidents, many drivers combine extended driving and sleep deprivation. Fatigue-related accidents occur mainly at night but there is no experimental data available to determine if the duration of prior driving affects...

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Main Authors: Patricia Sagaspe, Jacques Taillard, Torbjorn Akerstedt, Virginie Bayon, Stéphane Espié, Guillaume Chaumet, Bernard Bioulac, Pierre Philip
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2566807?pdf=render

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