Sleep Well, Drive Safe

It is important to be aware of the connection between drowsy driving among drivers and a common, but often unidentified, sleep disorder known as sleep apnea.

A research study on sleep apnea sponsored by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and the American Transportation Research Institute of the American Trucking Associations (ATA) found that 28.1 percent of those studied, holding a CDL, had some form of sleep apnea. ¹

In order to educate trucking company owners and create greater awareness of possible ways to reduce drowsy driving, we have introduced the Sleep Well, Drive Safe Program. Our program is designed to help trucking companies achieve a reduction in driver turnover, liability premiums and costs related to motor vehicle accidents due to fatigue attributable to OSA.

(1) Pack Al et al. A study of prevalence of sleep apnea among commercial truck drivers. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Publication NO. DOT-RT-02-030, Washington, DC 2002.
(2) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Cost of Large Truck- and Bus-Involved Crashes, March 2001, Publication Number FMCSAMCRT-01-005.