According to statistics, about 25% of fatal accidents occur due to driver fatigue. The results of numerous studies show that the driver's reaction is approximately twice as high as 4 hours and six times in eight hours.
The best remedy for fatigue is a dream, but if you have to make a long trip, it is desirable to know how to prevent yourself from falling asleep at the wheel.
Popular ways of fighting sleuplessness
The simplest and most reliable way to avoid falling asleep is talking to passengers. Interview supports brain activity. In addition, the passenger is a "stout" driver and may take action if he notices that the driver has started "disconnecting". If a passenger starts to sleep, too, a stop is necessary.
If you are forced to go alone, listen to music: radio, recordings of favorite songs or audio books. Do not hesitate to sing to the performers-through the active work of the lungs in the blood will start to receive more oxygen necessary to maintain active brain activity. listening to audiobook also has significant advantages: if you notice that you have stopped understanding the meaning of the record, you have to stop for rest.
Studies have shown that a tired driver on the road is more dangerous than drunk!
Hot chocolate, strong coffee and tea, as well as a ginseness, are considered a good tool for fighting the slasher. If you don't have enough caffeine in these drinks, you can try energy: from banks or tablets, caffeine, tarine and vitamins. Energy is faster and stronger than coffee or tea. However, it is worth remembering that they are harmful to health, and each drink has its own recommended daily dose. Each successive bath or pill will have a smaller effect compared to the first. The total duration of the various energy, both natural and artificial, is usually between 2 and 4 hours. The overdose is possible. It is accompanied by various unpleasant symptoms-from the incor in the stomach to hallucinations.
Many drivers are assisted by light food: sunflower seeds, chocolate, nuts, lollipops, sugars. During the meal, the driver is distracted from the monotony of the road, the small motor of the fingers is stimulated, and the energy contained in the products gives extra vigour and strength to the body. The main thing is not to eat, because saturation is causing rash.
Also helps focus on a particular object or activity. For example, you should try to pay attention to all road signs and associated cars, to count the road signs and mileage markings. However, it is necessary to avoid excessive concentration on the road markings or the light border from your car's headlamps. It is also helpful not to change the position of the driver behind the wheel, for example, to adjust the seat or to change the position of the hands on the steering wheel.
Any physical activity gives you an extra charge of vigor. It's worth trying to strain and relax the body muscles, rub your hands and face, massage your eyes. The good effect is a slight slap in the face. It also helps to change the climate change in the car towards the reduction of the temperature, to open windows or skylights. Proxade and fresh air are effective in combating sleep. You can also stop and wash yourself with cold water, walk 10-20 meters, run a trotsy, take a squat.
A special application for marathon is designed to control the dream, which tracks the "cheries" of a car while driving on the highway
If all these techniques do not help, the best way to stop is to set the alarm (and better a few and on all possible devices to not sleep too much time) and sleep for 20-30 minutes. According to scientists, such a short sleep allows us to dull the effect of fatigue and give a little bit of vigour to the body.
Testric techniques
Many modern motor vehicles have systems of driver's condition which, in the event of a change in driving behaviour, will be able to warn the fatigue of the driver's behaviour and suggest a rest. It is better and safer to stay away from the system's data messages.
The green tea is characterized by a higher caffeine content
Some vehicles are equipped with basic or optional systems to control the intersection of road markings. The system shall sound and vibrate in the part of the steering wheel in which the vehicle is displaced. Moreover, most of these systems are able to reduce speed and adjust the trajectory if the driver does not respond to warnings. It is not necessary to turn off these systems in the list of options: they have already proven their effectiveness and saved more than one life on the road.
There are also various portable fatigue control systems-from a compact device that is dressed in an ear and similar to a Bluetooth headset, to telemetry devices installed on the visor of the instrument panel and to signal an alarm in the detection of driver fatigue.
One of the important levers of control of the railway locomotive is located above the head of the driver, who is obliged to keep his hand on it. The inconvenience of the poise does not give the engine to sleep
According to the results of research, the use of cruise control at night is causing a rash, as the driver does not need to monitor engine speed and speed. Of course, the active cruise control, controlling the distance to the front of the going car, is capable in an emergency to start braking, but still it is not able to react to the pillars and turn the car on its own.
Of course, none of the methods described above is a panacea for a gun dampment-it is better to use them in the complex. It is not necessary to rely entirely on people's means and electronic security systems, since no means or electronics can fully control the wearer's behaviour. Still, the best remedy for sleepiness is a healthy dream, so if you can avoid a night trip and sleep, it's better to do it.
