• May 3, 2024

Excessive speed, consumption of alcohol or drugs and lack of road culture, are the only causes? In Mexico, 16,000 people die each year from car accidents, one third of this figure is between 15 and 19 years old, according to the National Council for the Prevention of Accidents (Conapra), same that indicates that the dream is a factor that influences and increases the possibility of losing the life in a car.

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How does the dream work on our ability to drive?

In addition to producing changes in the body: weight gain or stress levels. For the Spanish Society of Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery (SEPAR) it indicates that, while most drunk people drive slowly, awkwardly and with an evident lack of reflexes, those who fall asleep when they drive do not even react; no reflex action to stop is produced.

Accidents due to drowsiness are usually head-on collisions or highway exits at high speeds of drivers traveling alone on weekdays and most of these accidents occur on motorways or "monotonous" roads, at dawn or after eating

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Distance = less sleep

Cities grow, but with it the distance between home and work centers. What causes people to leave their homes earlier and return to them later, decreasing the hours of sleep.

For Julia Santin Martínez Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile , the degree of vigilance is not even throughout the day and, during it, human beings are prone to sleep especially in two periods: between 2 and 6 in the morning and between 2 and 4 in the afternoon, the period of the NAP. Therefore drowsiness not only depends on the time the person has not slept (sleep load ") but also an intrinsic rhythm of the sleep cycle.

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A unique problem in Mexico, and can it be prevented?

According to the Conapra , Mexico is among the countries with the most car accidents among which are: India, China, United States, Russian Federation, Indonesia, South Africa, Brazil and Spain. This last figure of the European Sleep Society indicates that 20% to 30% of the seats are related to sleep.

For this reason, Spanish Dream Society recommends the following to prevent sleep-related accidents:

1. Plan your trips, respecting the maximum sleep hours. Avoid driving at night continuously.
 

2. For every two hours and rest.
 

3. If you start yawning repeatedly or notes that your eyes are closed, stop immediately.

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