{"id":15227,"date":"2025-08-19T15:00:33","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T15:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/?p=15227"},"modified":"2025-08-12T19:26:47","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T19:26:47","slug":"one-in-four-bc-drivers-surveyed-admit-to-nodding-off-behind-the-wheel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/one-in-four-bc-drivers-surveyed-admit-to-nodding-off-behind-the-wheel\/","title":{"rendered":"One-in-four BC drivers surveyed admit to nodding off behind the wheel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a new Ipsos survey, one-in-four British Columbia drivers admitted to momentarily nodding off while driving in the past year.<\/p>\n<p>Now the ICBC is warning drivers to watch out for an often-overlooked summer danger: fatigue. The organization said long drives and hot weather can be a dangerous combination leading to fatigue and serious, preventable crashes.<\/p>\n<p>According to police data, 71 per cent more people are injured or killed in fatigue related crashes in July and August in BC compared to the rest of the year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s alarming that so many drivers on our roads have been tired enough that they\u2019ve nodded off or fallen asleep,\u201d said Kathleen Nadalin, ICBC road safety manager.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConsider how you feel before getting behind the wheel. If you\u2019re tired to begin with, you shouldn\u2019t be driving. If you\u2019re feeling rested, keep in mind that hot summer weather can be draining, especially on long drives, so plan to take a break every two hours to keep your energy levels up and switch drivers if you can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Among drivers who reported driving while fatigued in the past year, 68 per cent cited lack of sleep the night before as a factor, while 53 per cent of respondents pointed to driving too long without a break, and 48 per cent attributed it to the time of day they travelled.<\/p>\n<p>ICBC has offered the following tips to prevent driver fatigue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Get a good night\u2019s sleep \u2013 ideally at least seven hours of good quality sleep.<\/li>\n<li>Consider how you\u2019re feeling and how much sleep you\u2019ve had before you start driving. Avoid driving when you\u2019re feeling tired.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid driving at times when you\u2019re normally sleeping.<\/li>\n<li>Understand the effects that any medication you\u2019re taking could have on your driving.<\/li>\n<li>Take a break at least every two hours and switch drivers if possible.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a new Ipsos survey, one-in-four British Columbia drivers admitted to momentarily nodding off while driving in the past year. Now the ICBC is warning drivers to watch out for an often-overlooked summer danger: fatigue. The organization said long drives and hot weather can be a dangerous combination leading to fatigue and serious, preventable crashes. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":15228,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-global-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}