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Article: Alert Driving Needs Attention Says Mercedes-Benz.
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- November 18, 2009
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Mercedes-Benz and the National Sleep Foundation want drivers to be alert behind the wheel this holiday season as new data from the 2009 Sleep in America poll point to a significant problem related to drowsy driving. The poll reveals that as many as 1.9 million drivers have had a car crash or a near crash due to drowsiness in the past year. Fifty-four percent have driven while drowsy at least once in the past year, and 28 percent do so at least once per month. Tips, countermeasures and warning-signs to prevent drowsy driving, developed by the National Sleep Foundation are central to Drowsy Driving Prevention Week[R] this November 2-8, 2009 and are featured at ...