Are you ‘sleep-drunk’ at the wheel?

How to get a good night’s sleep to be a safe, responsible road user The idea of setting out on the road after consuming more than the legal drink-drive limit is, no doubt, enough to fill you with horror. But how many times have you set out on the school run or work commute after only a couple of hours’ sleep? RAC Foundation research shows that around one in five accidents on major roads are sleep-related – and such accidents are more likely to result in a fatality or major ...