What Effect Does Fatigue Have On Driving?

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Whether you're juggling late-night feeds, toddler tantrums, or school runs, it’s easy to underestimate how tired you really are.

What effect does fatigue have on driving?

  • Fatigue causes 20% of car crashes

  • Being awake for 17 hours means you are just as impaired as if you had a blood alcohol concentration of .05%.

  • Fatigue increases your risk of a crash

  • Fatigue causes impairment, just like alcohol

  • Slows reaction times

  • Poor situational awareness

  • Poor driving performance

  • More easily distracted while driving 

  • Fatigued drivers often don’t know how fatigued they are

  • Driving fatigued is a risk for parents and their children/passengers

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