Drowsy drivers often make it safely to their destination, but for some, the consequences are devastating.
More than 11, 000 deaths were attributed to drowsy driving from 2000 to 2010, according to federal statistics.
Richard Moore said he considered legislation after a constituent's son was killed in a 2002 drowsy driving crash.
She said losing as little as 2% of the body's normal fluid content made patients drowsy or confused.
Doctors say the cough syrup contains codeine phosphate which, if taken beyond prescribed limits, makes people "drowsy and intoxicated".
Sleep apnea may cause a person to be very drowsy in the daytime since nighttime sleep is interrupted frequently.
As far as public awareness, drowsy driving is in the dark ages compared to that, but it's just as dangerous.
And, you know, and I hosted yesterday for the first time so I came home and was a little drowsy.
"Drowsy driving is something that generally has happened to everyone, " McCormick said.
Occasionally, he'll drive eight to ten hours to see his family in northern California but he's never experienced a near miss while drowsy.
Other technologies enabled by Tele Atlas' ultra-accurate map will include lane departure warnings for drowsy drivers and adaptive headlights that know corners are coming.
In May 2007, police responded to a report of Ms. Menendez digesting "various amounts of medication pills, causing her to become disoriented and drowsy, " the official said.
In a drowsy driving case late last year, a tour bus driver was acquitted of manslaughter and negligent homicide in a 2011 Bronx crash that killed 15 people.
At the New York Auto Show this week Ford is showing of some new technology designed to curb drowsy-driving that will be included in all Volvos before 2010.
If Holmes was on medication, that may have made him appear more drowsy, making it more difficult to get a complete picture of his mental state, she said.
Oh, I understood them well enough, those drowsy tender words.
Drowsy drivers aren't the only ones who should watch out.
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Last summer, drivers in Tennessee's four largest cities saw message boards imploring them to not drive while drowsy, along with a running tally of highway fatalities in that state.
Our sharp-eyed guide parted tree fronds to reveal a drowsy kingfisher, tugged an iguana away from its midnight snack and borrowed a red-eyed tree frog from a banana patch.
New Jersey is the only state that has successfully passed legislation addressing drowsy driving, according to Dan Brown, an Atlanta attorney and member of the National Sleep Foundation board of directors.
Two drowsy, indolent seconds later, here comes the Enzo.
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But when the tango beat enters soon after, "Nantes" transforms into something else altogether: a new genre that could be called poignant ballroom cabaret pop, with Condon's drowsy voice intoning over it.
Cars that can "see" the road, sense potential dangers and steer, brake and control speed automatically could ease the drudgery of stop-and-go traffic or long drives, and prevent many accidents caused by drowsy, inattentive or impaired drivers.
"To this day I still hear my boys crying out, yelling for Daddy, when they were told the news, " says Jackie Califano, the widow of a New York police officer killed when a suspected drowsy driver plowed into his parked cruiser in 2011.
Smart gadgets in the latest generation of cars breathalyzers that can check if we are sober, steering sensors that verify if we are drowsy, facial recognition technologies that confirm we are who we say we are seek to limit, not to expand, what we can do.
But quantifying drowsy driving is not an exact science, prosecutors say, and laws banning commercial truck and motor coach operators from driving more than 14 hours a day and requiring 10 hours between shifts are flawed because they often rely on the drivers to report those hours themselves.
Grant says the company is working with auto manufacturers to explore how on-board computers can help detect whether a driver is drowsy or not paying attention to the road, and allow a driver to control certain things in the vehicle -- like temperature, and in-car stereo -- using eye-control technology.
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