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DRIVERS FATIGUE * Canada - Lots of Canadians asleep at the wheel
17.8 percent of all fatal crashes and 25.5 percent of crashes causing injury on Ontario roads in 2004 were fatigue-related
Toronto,ONT,CAN -Today's Trucking -18 Feb 2008: -- Driving while tired is more common than driving under the influence and is a much bigger problem than previously believed, according to a recent report on highway safety... And it's not just truckers who are the culprits... Driver fatigue could be the cause of almost one in five fatal crashes noted the report produced by the Highway Safety Roundtable, which compiles some of the latest available research on the consequences of driver fatigue. According to the study fatigue is linked to the deaths of some 400 Canadians every year... By eliminating incidents that are clearly linked to factors like vehicle condition, speed, drug or alcohol impairment and weather, Yoassry Elzohairy, senior safety research adviser for the Ontario Ministry of Transportation, estimated that 17.8 percent of all fatal crashes and 25.5 percent of crashes causing injury on Ontario roads in 2004 were fatigue-related...
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