First Personal Injury Warns Against Driving While Tired

MANCHESTER, England, March 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Accident claims specialists at First Personal Injury are warning drivers against the dangers of getting behind the wheel when tired. Government commissioned research found that driver tiredness accounts for up to 20% of all crashes that occur on Britain's motorways and an estimated 300 people are killed every single year as a result of a driver falling asleep at the wheel.

Michael Jefferies of First Personal Injury believes this a problem that must be tackled, commenting that, "A driver who falls asleep at the wheel cannot react to a crash and is therefore up to 50% more likely to die or suffer serious injury. But a tired driver isn't only putting themselves at risk. They are putting other road users and pedestrians at risk too."

Michael Jefferies hopes to see more information made readily available to both new and experienced drivers, as he believes the issue requires the same level of exposure that drinking driving receives. "Drink driving is all over the media. There have been some very alarming advertising campaigns designed to shock around the issue and they are effective. I would like to see a similar level of exposure for driving while tired. Tiredness affects us all at one point or another and making drivers acutely aware of the dangers of driving when tired as well as offering information about combating the issue, is one way of hopefully beginning to tackle it."

SOURCE First Personal Injury