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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 195, 3 September 1937, Page 6

Whenevcr the driver of a motor-car falls asleep at the wheel long enough to cause an accident — and that is not very longi — he will be lucky if he ever wakes up. A study of driver-asleep uccidents in a dozen States of America reveals that one out of 12 killed somebody, and tliat one-third of the timo it is the driver himself. A surprising fact, developed ,by the National Safety Council and reported by "Science Service," is that nearly half of tlie drivers who i'ell asleej) liad been driving i'or loss than two liours. A third of these drivers however, had been without sleep for 16 to 20 liours, so tliat it is ovident that lack of proper amounts of sleep rather than gruelling grind.s at tho wheel is responsible for a jarge number of these mishaps. The drowsy driver returning home from a late party is the most common victim of the highway nap, and he usually dro'ps into slumber and oblivion at about 2 o'clock in the morning. Pedestrians noed not worry too much about alumbering motorists because only 2 per cent. of fatalities involved the innocent bystander. A case was found. however, of a pedesfcrian falling asleep himself, with equally fatal results. Motorists who have a liard time keeping awake at the wheel sliould get off the road immediately. Ofcherwise they will have a hafder time walking up. ,