Driver Fatigue

All the experts agree: America is overtired. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) finds that one in every five injury-related motor vehicle crashes is the result of driver fatigue and that sleep deprivation driving can be just as deadly as drunk driving. Many drivers seldom get enough sleep, especially during the work week, and the poor decision to drive when fatigued can cause serious injury to others.

Driver Fatigue Atlanta Attorney

Consider what happens to the over-tired worker when he or she starts off to work in the morning. There may be a feeling of urgency, since the worker might have overslept, causing the driver to fail to pay attention to traffic on the road or the road conditions themselves. Fellow car-pool passengers are in jeopardy as is every other motorist on the road, as well as pedestrians and other innocent bystanders.

Georgia law views driver fatigue as not only thoughtless, but reckless and careless, as well. Georgia driver fatigue attorneys Goldstein & Hayes, P.C. know that drowsy driving can be caused in many ways and that being over-tired from lack of sleep is just one of them. Alcohol is a major culprit, since just one drink can relax muscles and interfere with reaction time. Drugs, illegal or prescription, are other factors.

Georgia Trucking Accident Attorney

Some accidents are caused by hazardous working conditions and may be at the root cause of a commercial trucking liability case. Shift workers, over-scheduled airline pilots and on-call doctors can all create a dangerous road hazard as they drive to and from work. Truck drivers who are under extreme pressure to make delivery deadlines and turn around time as minimal as possible oftentimes alter their logbooks and skip required naps and breaks.

Driver fatigue Georgia attorneys Goldstein & Hayes, P.C. litigate cases involving catastrophic injury caused by drowsy driving due to DUI / DWI, or driving under the influence of drugs. We develop an aggressive strategy to protect victim rights and help them to recover some of their losses.