Sleep Micro, Threat To MotoristsThe incidence of traffic accidents each year is increasing. Millions of men, women, children and elderly people who died or permanent disability due to traffic accidents. This makes traffic accident into a frightening specter for the rider. In fact, it is estimated every two minutes a traffic accident that caused deaths worldwide.
There are so many factors that cause traffic accidents. Usually is a reckless driver or the condition of vehicles that do not fit but still forced to use long trips. There is also a major cause of driver sleepiness is to sleep for a moment what we call the micro sleep. Micro sleep is sleep that occurs only lasted a split second to thirty seconds.
Although only a moment, very dangerous micro sleep occurs in situations where the required high concentration and alertness, such as when riding a motorcycle or car. People who fall asleep micro not realize that he was asleep or lose concentration sesaat.Pengemudi still feel control his car and then realized afterwards that a few seconds passed without awareness. The number of incidents that allegedly caused the accident ever occurred when the driver fell asleep on the highway mengandarai a monotonous and usually at night.
Micro sleep is a spontaneous reaction of the body caused by lack of sleep, physical and mental fatigue, depression, hypoxia, narcolepsy, or hypersomnia. Harmful micro sleep because of the unpredictability Eden can happen anytime. However, usually preceded micro sleeping sleepy very severe symptoms such as:
- Often made a mistake. When driving, speed is often not regular, either take the path, etc..
- Head nodding often / droop
- Heavy eyelids, intermittently close one or both eyes
- Headache
- Yawning
- Feeling tired
To avoid or reduce the risk of danger micro sleep, here are some tips for you:
- Use every opportunity to rest when the body has reached the limits of perceived fatigue. Take a break every 2-5 hours drive to refresh your body. Occasionally open the windows for fresh air and listening to music to accompany your journey. Coffee and stimulant drinks can also be used to refresh you. But the alert because of the above can only be postponed. It is the most appropriate is to eliminate the rest elbow drowsiness.
- As penegmudi you will be hard to know the symptoms themselves. If you are not alone then make sure the person next to you watching awareness and assist you with chat invites for your konsentraasi stay awake. When you look tired, then the companion must be asked to pause to recover the driver. You better achieve the goal with more time than an accident due to negligence of the driver.
