One of the studies has shown that almost 55 percent of drivers have driven while sleepy in a year, and 23 percent have dosed off while driving at some point in their life.īesides causing accidents and industrial hazards, sleep deprivation also has severe health consequences. Drowsy driving is responsible for 76,000 to 100,000 crashes per year in the United States – which is considered to be an underestimation, as drivers’ inattention may be due to sleep deprivation. Sleep deprivation has been linked to several major accidents, including the Exxon Valdez oil spin and the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, as well as accidents related to drowsy driving. But following the Industrial Revolution, we have come to live in a 24-hour, technologically driven society. People consume caffeine in the form of coffee, tea, cocoa and energy drinks that can help block the adenosine receptor in brain to keep them up.īefore the advent of electric bulb by Thomas Edison in 1879, the work schedule had been centered on human circadian rhythm with people working in the daytime and resting at nighttime. Though not stigmatized, caffeine is the most popular drug worldwide.
The technologies have imprisoned the developed society, and people feel threatened to be disconnected.
Most people can survive for up to two months without eating, but only 11 days without sleeping.Įven the marginal sleep they get is distracted by phone calls, text messages, Facebook messages and tweets. The research and data have shown that humans are the only mammals who willingly delay sleep. Sleep, dream, siesta, snooze, tranquility, downtime, break, quietude and quiescence have become a second priority in this technology-driven society. Snails can sleep for three years, and dolphins never sleep.
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