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Article: SleepQuest Spearheads California Safety Program To Reduce Doze-Off Driving.
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- January 29, 2002
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 29, 2002
Robert Koenigsberg, President of SleepQuest, Redwood City, CA, announced that his company has launched a special program to encourage physicians to include sleep disorder reviews in their annual patient physicals.
"The National Sleep Foundation issued a new 2001 survey report identifying that one-half of all American adults - particularly young males - have doze-off driving incidences. The report states that one in five actually fall asleep behind the wheel and that drowsy driving is responsible for 100,000 automotive crashes, 40,000 injuries and 1,500 fatalities each year," ...