In a 2017 study, approximately one-third of the respondents reported having fallen asleep driving within the last month. Sleepy driving is a massive public health problem leading to thousands of preventable accidents, deaths, and injuries every year. In this episode we will:Define drowsy drivingOutline the scope of this public health problemEvaluate the causes of drowsy drivingLook at factors making drowsy driving more likely or dangerousCharacterize the level of impairment in terms of alcohol consumptionTouch upon laws about drowsy driving accidentsIdentify drowsy driving risk factorsList ways to mitigate the problemProduced by: Maeve WinterMore Twitter: @drchriswinter IG: @drchriwinter Threads: @drchriswinter Bluesky: @drchriswinter The Sleep Solution and The Rested Child Thanks for listening and sleep well!