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ftigue is
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lly, the body’s sleep dive inc
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ted sleep disode
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use sleep depiv
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colepsy, go undi
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use exteme d
ytime sleepiness. Thoseith
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tisk fo
ftigue-
elted
ccidents.<sp
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lcohol consumption oconsuming
ny medictions,
hethep
esciption o
non-pesc
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use dive
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nces my
lso intensify sleepiness stemming fom
ny othec
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y not even be e tht he o
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sts onlyfe
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tigue<b>
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equently beteen midnight
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dive
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Effects of F
iving
eight: 400;”>Ho equi om pe son nges some t e g olde mount of sleep equi em oughout ou dult lives. F ffects ou bilities, including those needed to d fely. F y le ing:
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iving too slo
ly otoo f
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ho Is Most Likely To D
ive D
osy?
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tisk fo
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dults beteen 18
nd 29 yes ofge. Expe
ts estimte th
t younged
ives
ccount fone
ly t
o-thids of f
tigue-el
ted cshes, though theyccount fo
only one-fouth of
ll licensed dive
s. Men elmost t
ices likely
somen to f
llsleep
t theheel.
dultsith child
en living in the household e moe likely to d
ive do
sy thn those
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oke
s, medicl st
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ovides,
nd l enfocement office
s elso likely to suffe
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cent ofll l
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est be
ks; hoeve
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lse infom
tion in the log.<sp
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lly seious sleep diso
dein
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thing isepe
tedly inteupted duing sleep. M
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lsith sleep diso
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sy diving. n>
Li
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ccidents C
used by Dive
Ftigue
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the sme ci
cumstnces.”
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ses, othe
pties my
lso be held lible. Fo
exmple, if
tucking comp
ny imposes une
listic demnds on
tuck d
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ks, the employem
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ce libility fo
dm
ges cused by the f
tigued tuck d
ive. n>
Ho
Do You Est
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MotoVehicle
ccident Cse?
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cement office
s my l
ck tining in dive
ftigue
nd my not
ecognize the signs.hen
nccident occu
s, l enfocement office
snd investig
tos c
n usully dete
mine cet
in fcto
s tht cont
ibuted to theccident, such
s speeding though
stop sign od
iving undethe influence of
lcohol od
ugs. Do
sy diving c
ses e moe complic
ted. Thee
e no me
suble tests to detemine someone’s level of f
tigue. Theefo
e, thee is no cle
cut
y to dete
mine if someone s too tied to be d
iving.<sp
n>ses involving d
ivef
tigue, the judge oju
y dels
ith the question of hoti
ed is too tied to d
ive? Becuse diffe
ent people need diffeent
mounts of sleep, thee is no definitive
ule on the minimum hous of sleep needed fo
sfe d
iving. Some peopleho
e
ell-ested simply doze off bec
use they e boed.
n>
ccident
epot m
y contin clues to the p
esence of dive
ftigue.
itnesses, depositions,nd
ok
ecods m
ylso yield v
luble evidence. Cell phone
ecods o
othetechnic
l devices my indic
te holong the d
iveh
d been behind theheel
ndo
knd school
ecods est
blish the dive
’sctivities befo
e the csh. Testimony ofitnesses,
sell
seceipts, might p
oveh
t food od
ink s consumed befoe the
ccident. Pesc
iption oove
the countemedic
tion tht c
uses do
sinessould
lso bef
cto.
n>
n expe
ienced investigto
cn le
n
ge
t del b
sed on the type ofccident
nd the scene of theccident. The
e e some common chcte
istics of cses of d
ivef
tigue.ccidents involving d
ivef
tigue often hppen du
ing the ely moning, mid-
ftenoon, o
lte
t night. One common scenio is tht the d
iveis
lone in the vehicle, the dive
is tveling onhigh-speed
od,
nd then the vehicle leves the
od. The
e e no skid mks,nd the d
ivedoes not t
y tovoid
csh. This type of csh is usully se
ious.<sp
n>Signs of D
ive
Ftigue
eight: 400;”>Do you kno ct moment th ll nd in the next inst n be mous o he een being nd being y think th o n e ly t you e ll eve sp h / feny.ny.gov/d -ndx.htm” t get=”_bl el=”nofollo no “> eight: 400;”>d siness ctu ns th y f lling sp
ck of sleep
ffects evey
spect of oulives. The d
ngeof f
llingsleep behind the
heel is obvious, but just being sleepyffects you
bility to d
ive sfely. F
tigue mkes you: n>
- eight: 400;”>Less
ble to p
y
ttention to theo
d<sp
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ble to
ect quickly to b
ke o
void
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li>
ble to m
ke good decisions<sp
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lcul
ting speednd dist
nce<sp
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ocessing info
mtion n><
li>
eight: 400;”>D f n h nyone. The ny t e ive o llo ho is f heel. ding to the N l Sleep Found o hile d y include the follo sp
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tempetue n><
li>
ed
ection time
nd impi
ed judgment<sp
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sed pefo
mnce, vigil
nce,nd motiv
tion<sp
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ouble focusing, keeping you
eyes open, oyou
hed up n><
li>
yd
eming
nd ndeing thoughts n><
li>
nt y
ning n><
li>
ning eyes o
blued vision, cusing you to keep
ubbing youeyes n><
li>
ilg
ting, not heedingo
d signs oexits, o
difting out of you
lne n><
li>
estless, i
it
ble, oggessive n><
li>
bility to
ecll p
st couple miles<sp
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e
lizing tht you h
ve no ideho
you cme to
ivet you
cuent loction n><
li>
djusting to unexpected ch
nges in theo
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oblems follo
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ticip
ting inconve
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li>
ip on the side of the
od n><
li>
P event D
o
sy Diving Befo
e Getting Behind theheel
eight: 400;”>D sy d ted in 100,000 c c shes pe hich left 71,000 people inju nd 1,500 de cco tion fety ). People e st ting to t they need to get te sleep befo iving, ell nge iv f s e ed o come. You n’t fight the need to sleep. Befo heel, m e th sp st dults need st 7 hou ch d hile teens need st 8 hou sp li>
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vefull night’s sleep befo
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ive.<sp
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thon d
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vel fo
moe th
n eight to ten hous pe
dy. n><
li>
equent b
eks ong>. Most people need
b
ek
bout evey t
o hous, but stop mo
e often if needed.<sp
n><li>
e the d
iving<st
ong>s much
s possible.<sp
n><li>
lcohol ong> befo
e you d
ive. Youblood
lcohol concenttion my be belo
the legl limit, but even
littlelcohol c
n led to d
ivef
tigue.<sp
n><li>
st
nd thetion ong> th
t you
e t
king, especilly if it is
nemedic
tion.<sp
n><li>
void t
veling du
ing timeshen you
ouldlly be sleeping ong>.<
sp
n><li>
self becoming sleepy, s
nd t
keb
ief np. n><
li>
ve
sleep disode
oh
ve symptoms ofsleep diso
de, docto st bout t tment options.
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