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Re:Books all kids should read at school (a list) by snitko on Saturday April 17, 2010 @11:38PM (#1274277)
What you're saying is a simplification. Not eating from McDonalds is not enough. Cancer was linked to specific diets, so don't think you're safe just because you're no a fastfood fan. Also significant number of accidents on the roads happen because people are drowsy - a result of a huge sleep debt, which might not be as obvious (you may sleep 8 hours the night before and steel be drowsy at the wheel).
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Re:Books all kids should read at school (a list) by axod on Sunday April 18, 2010 @05:58AM (#1274616)
>> "Also significant number of accidents on the roads happen because people are drowsy"

Show some evidence. I don't buy it.

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Re:Books all kids should read at school (a list) by snitko on Sunday April 18, 2010 @10:12AM (#1274851)
Check out this for example: http://www.tfhrc.gov/humanfac/sleep/sleepweb.htm People were sleep deprived, then tested on a road simulator.

Also, if you're looking for some data, the problem is that many fatal accidents' causes are reported as unknown. Given the results of the simulation, a majority of those accidents may be related to sleep deprivation.

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Re:Books all kids should read at school (a list) by axod on Sunday April 18, 2010 @12:32PM (#1275050)
SLEEP DEPRIVED != not sleeping 8 hours a night.

Sleep deprivation is dangerous. But it's also obvious. You don't need to read a book to know that.

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Re:Books all kids should read at school (a list) by snitko on Sunday April 18, 2010 @12:48PM (#1275076)
Well , listen, you're wrong - that's why you should read the book. Say you sleep 7 hours a night instead of 8. Brain keeps track of the sleep you take. If you miss some, it adds it to your sleep debt. Then after a week you got full 8 hours extra sleep debt and even if you sleep 8 hours the night before you drive, you'll feel drowsy very soon after you wake up.

Researches have been conducted which proved that the condition after a lack of sleep 1 hour each night during a week would be equal to the condition when you haven't slept through the night.

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Re:Books all kids should read at school (a list) by snitko on Sunday April 18, 2010 @10:15AM (#1274856)
Also see this document: http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/PEOPLE/INJURY/drowsy_driving1/drows...
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