According to a survey of 1,000 U.S. adults by Eric Insurance: 50% of respondents report feeling tired most of the time. 43% average four to six hours of sleep per night. 11% are getting four hours or less!
14% of Americans admit they’ve fallen asleep behind the wheel in the last year. That's up from 12% in the 2022 study and 11% in 2020.
People are most tired while driving late at night, making the hours of 10p.m. to 3a.m. the most dangerous.
When drivers start to feel especially drowsy, they try to stay awake by drinking a caffeinated beverage (63%), turning up the music (62%), rolling down the window/cooling the car down (58%) or talking to someone on the phone (28%).
One of the best things to do when you feel exhausted behind the wheel is take a rest break, which 59% say they sometimes do.
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