Investigators later ruled the crash an accident, saying he fell asleep at the wheel.

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Nobody was asleep at the wheel of globalization because there is no wheel to speak of.

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He has returned home after falling asleep at the wheel of his car.

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He feels like a man who has fallen asleep at the wheel and has awakened to find his car lurching off a cliff.

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To be fair, with legislation like SOPA and PIPA floating about, tech companies in particular have a lot to lose if they fall asleep at the wheel.

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As first Apple, then Google's Android, showed that easy access to the mobile internet was the future of phones, the giant of the industry appeared asleep at the wheel.

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And according to a series of surveys, Rippey is not only right on target, but large numbers of companies are asleep at the wheel, passing up an enormous economic opportunity.

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This one was asleep at the wheel.

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Hours after a 1996 accident in which four children were killed in a Dodge Neon, the mother told authorities that her husband had fallen asleep at the wheel, and when he tried to regain control the car rolled over.

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Were they asleep at the wheel?

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MPs criticised the FSA for its handling of regulation during the credit crunch and accused it of being "asleep at the wheel", but he has also been praised for his work at the regulator and for pressing banks to boost their reserves.

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