drowsy-driving

These Drowsy Driving Car Accident Statistics will Wake You Right Up

By Robert N. Katz, Esq. | November 24, 2022

More than 300,000 auto accidents every year can be linked to fatigued drivers who fall asleep at the wheel, and more than 6000 of these crashes end in deaths. The first step to preventing this auto accidents is to make drivers aware of the risk of driving while fatigued. That data comes from the Governors […]

Drowsy Driving Can Be As Dangerous As Drunk Driving.

By Robert N. Katz, Esq. | June 3, 2019

Summer road-trip season is here, which means thousands of people will hit the roads all throughout the country to travel to their vacation destinations.  Oftentimes these trips involve long drives, sometimes overnight, on a seemingly endless stretch of highway.   During these long road-trips, many drivers will ignore the need to stop and rest adequately, and […]

Study Points to Stronger Correlation between Sleepiness and Accident Risk

By Robert N. Katz, Esq. | May 7, 2017

Sleep experts have long believed that drowsiness or lack of sleep contributes to a higher accident risk involving drowsy drivers. A new study strongly confirms the link between less sleep and a higher accident risk. Earlier research conducted by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety had estimated that a total of 7% of all accidents, […]

Driving While Drowsy to Blame for Thousands of Car Accidents Every Year

By Robert N. Katz, Esq. | March 31, 2014

In recent years, many states, including the state of Georgia, have placed an even greater emphasis on the importance of curbing instances of distracted and drunken driving. Millions of dollars have spent on ad campaigns designed to directly target motorists to who text and drive, with one of the most noticeable campaigns being the “It […]