Sleep-impaired emotional regulation, impaired cognition, and poor sleep health are associated with risky sleepy driving in young adults.

Conclusion: Different variables were associated with the 2 risky driving behaviors, suggesting different underlying factors. Sleep-impaired emotional regulation and/or sleep-impaired cognition could be used to signal drivers that they are impaired by sleepiness. PMID: 32091936 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32091936?dopt=Abstract

Source: Traffic Injury Prevention - February 23, 2020 Category: Accident Prevention Authors: Watling CN, Shaw LM, Watling H Tags: Traffic Inj Prev Source Type: research