Sleepiness: How a biological drive can influence other risky road user behaviours
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Paper/Presentation Title | Sleepiness: How a biological drive can influence other risky road user behaviours |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Watling, C. N. (Author), Armstrong, K. A. (Author) and Smith, S. S. (Author) |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the Australasian College of Road Safety National Conference (2013) |
Number of Pages | 12 |
Year | 2013 |
Place of Publication | Adelaide, Australia |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | https://acrs.org.au/article/sleepiness-how-a-biological-drive-can-influence-other-risky-road-user-behaviours/ |
Conference/Event | Australasian College of Road Safety National Conference (2013) |
Event Details | Australasian College of Road Safety National Conference (2013) Event Date 06 to end of 12 Nov 2013 Event Location Adelaide, Australia |
Abstract | The Safe System approach to road safety utilises a holistic view of the interactions among vehicles, roads and road users. Yet, the contribution of each of these factors to crashes is vastly different. The role of road users is widely acknowledged as an overwhelming contributor to road crashes. Substantial gains have been made with improvements to vehicle and roads over a number of years. However, improvements of the road user’s behaviour has been (in some cases) less substantial. A road user behaviour that is relatively unregulated is driver sleepiness, which is part of the ‘fatal five’ of risky road user behaviours. The effect of sleepiness is ubiquitous – sleepiness is a state that most, if not all drivers on our roads has experienced, and is habitually exposed to. The quality and quantity of daily sleep is integral to our level of neurobehavioural performance during wakefulness and as such can have a compounding effect on a number of other risky driving behaviours. This paper will discuss the potential influence of sleepiness as an interceding factor for a number of risky driving behaviours. Little effort has been given to increasing awareness of the deleterious and wide ranging effects that sleepiness has on road safety. Given the wide ranging influence of sleepiness, improvements of ‘sleep health’ as a protective factor at the community or individual level could lead to significant reductions in road trauma and increases of general well being. A discussion of potential actions to reduce sleepiness is required if reductions of road trauma are to continue. |
Keywords | Australian drivers; risky driving behaviours; sleepiness; neurobehavioural performance; protective factors; sleep health |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 520402. Decision making |
420603. Health promotion | |
420604. Injury prevention | |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | Queensland University of Technology |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q7018/sleepiness-how-a-biological-drive-can-influence-other-risky-road-user-behaviours
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