Driver fatigue – an accident waiting to happen
Further Reading
August 2001 (page 9)
Device monitors driver fatigue (by Stephen Luntz)
Describes a study to use electroencephalography signals to determine driver fatigue.
3 November 2001 (pages 44-47)
Out of control (by Mark Young and Neville Stanton)
Discusses the hidden dangers of giving drivers too little to do, and notes that the Australian National Road Transport Commission has voiced its concern that automatic fatigue-detection systems may lead drivers to ignore their own judgment.
21 July 2001 (page 24)
You drive me crazy (by Ian Sample)
Describes dashboard devices designed to keep drivers awake.
24 March 2001 (page 24)
Asleep at the wheel (by Duncan Graham-Rowe)
Describes an Australian-designed system that can detect when a driver is losing concentration.
3 June 2000 (pages 28-31)
Rhythm and blues (by Lisa Melton)
Explains how disruptions to our biological clock can affect our health.
3 July 1999 (page 16)
Bang on time (by Jonathan Knight)
Discusses biological clocks and what resets them.
September 2002, pages 40-47
Times of our lives (by Karen Wright)
Describes different biological clocks, including those that synchronise our bodily functions with day and night.
January 2000, pages 58-63
Narcolepsy (by Jerome M. Siegel)
Describes the symptoms, causes and possible treatment of the disease that causes persistent daytime sleepiness.
Posted December 2002.