Professor Jim Horne of the Sleep Research Laboratory in Loughborough University in Britain says that people in that age group need more sleep, and sleep more deeply. He was speaking at the recent 'Road Safety at Work' conference held in Dublin by the Road Safety Authority and the Health & Safety Authority.
Professor Horne added that such young drivers were also more likely to be travelling in the early hours of the morning, when statistically it is ten times more likely that a driver will fall asleep.
He also said that young drivers are more subject to peer pressure to continue driving even when they know they are tired, for fear they will be considered weak. He added that most driver fatigue incidents involved men, and that women 'almost never' drive when they are tired.
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