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It's a well known fact. Every day 14 Americans die in trucker related crashes - many more get injured. Every single day. It's also a proven fact that the average American trucker won't live long enough to qualify for social security. The profile of the largest number of sleep apnea sufferers, poor diet, overweight, poor health practices, fit the profile of the typical trucker who actually finds truck stop buffets a contest, and takes much less time for sleep than those that aren't paid by the mile. Nationwide studies report that seven out of 10 truck drivers classify as obese. One particular Midwest trucking company just recently reported their situation as being worse than that.

Their CEO said he believes almost half of his drivers were classified to be dangerously obese. An advertisement from the Sleep4Safety.com group in the present issue of national trucking magazine Driver Health(circulation 100,000) proclaims that death is not a kind of retirement and asks its truck driving readers, did you know the average trucker will be dead before their 61st birthday? Sobering and definitely food for thought as you glance in the rear view mirror at the eighteen wheeler coming speedily behind you.

Sleep4Safety CEO Sigurjon Kristjannson suggests an 18 wheel truck operated by way of a sleep-deprived driver can be as unsafe as a drunk driver going the wrong direction on the interstate. Consider, he suggests, that three of each and every 10 truckers you see on the road today probably have the situational awareness equivalent to having .06 to .08 alcohol in their blood system. They are, in a very realistic sense, he says, driving intoxicated - not an alcohol fueled intoxication, but one produced by chronic sleep deprivation. Consider, exactly how far an 18 wheeler, traveling 60 mph, travels in the brief moment the driver nods off and what can happen during that brief time. Dr Jeffrey Durmer, Atlanta, identified by the publication as

About the Author:
While conducting the research for this article, I learned a lot about International Fire Code (IFC and emergency safety regulations at JessupMFG.com.