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High Fuel Prices * USA - Are causing more tired truck and car drivers?
Vancouver,Wash,USA -KPIC (Roseburg,OR), by Bob Heye -July 9, 2008: -- Independent trucker Roy Benner says he's seeing more truck drivers take shortcuts on repairs and push physical limits in order to make up lost revenue due to the soaring cost of diesel fuel... Troopers and truckers say high fuel prices are at least partially to blame for an increase in tired drivers, both in cars and trucks... Benner said many independent truck drivers are being forced to choose between making repairs to their truck or making a run in hopes of a paycheck... Many often still drive while their trucks may have potentially hazardous problems... Washington State Patrol Sgt. Thomas Butsch said, many car drivers and truckers push themselves the last few miles to get home or to a truck stop. "It's just not worth it," Butsch said, adding that driving while tired is an impairment similar to driving while intoxicated... Nationwide, there are over 1,500 fatalities on average per year tied to drivers falling asleep behind the wheel. Almost 8 million people per month said they drive while tired according to a recent national survey... And statistics show that many people asleep at the wheel are not on grinding road trips - 47 percent nodded off on trips of under an hour in length... Troopers say the best way to drive alert is not to drink coffee, stimulating energy drinks or cold temperatures... They say drivers of all vehicles just need to get a lot more sleep... (See Video)Labels: fuel prices
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