What are the hazards of fatigue driving

In people's lives, cars are a very common means of family transportation. This tool facilitates people's travel, but you still need to pay attention to many things when driving a car, such as fatigue driving. Many people will enter a very tired state after driving a car for a long time, which is very dangerous. So, what are the dangers of fatigue driving?

First, what are the hazards of fatigue driving? Driving fatigue refers to the disorder of physiological and psychological functions of drivers after long-term continuous driving, which objectively leads to a decline in driving skills. Drivers with poor or insufficient sleep are prone to fatigue after driving for long periods of time. Driving fatigue will affect the driver's attention, feeling, perception, thinking, judgment, will, decision and movement. There are many factors that cause fatigue driving. Driver fatigue is mainly fatigue of nerves and sensory organs, as well as limb fatigue caused by maintaining a fixed posture for a long time and poor blood circulation. The driver sits in a fixed seat for a long time, his movements are restricted to a certain extent, his attention is highly concentrated, he is busy judging the stimulus information outside the car, and his mental state is highly tense, resulting in driving fatigue phenomena such as blurred vision, back pain, slow reaction, and inflexible driving. The order in which fatigue forms is: eyes, neck, shoulders, and waist. It is mainly fatigue of the eyes and body, as well as fatigue of the brain, which is also an aspect that cannot be ignored. 1. The main reasons for driving fatigue: 1. Living environment: the place of residence is too far from the place of work; there are too many housework or the couple is not harmonious; the mental burden is heavy; the social circle is too wide and the time spent on cultural and entertainment activities is too long. 2. Sleep quality: Going to bed too late and getting too little sleep; poor sleep quality; a noisy sleeping environment cannot guarantee sleep quality. 3. In-vehicle environment: poor air quality and poor ventilation; temperature is too high or too low; severe noise and vibration; improper seat adjustment; tense relationship with fellow passengers. 4. External environment: driving in the afternoon, evening, early morning, and late night; poor road conditions; good road conditions but simple conditions; driving in windy, rainy, foggy, or snowy weather; poor traffic environment or congested traffic conditions. 5. Operating conditions: driving for long periods of time and long distances; driving too fast or too slow; and excessive restrictions on the time it takes to reach the destination. 6. Physical conditions: poor physical strength and endurance; decreased vision and hearing ability; physical weakness or suffering from certain chronic diseases; taking drugs that are not recommended for driving; special physiological periods for women (menstrual period, pregnancy). 7. Driving experience: low technical level and unfamiliar operation; short driving time and little experience; poor safety awareness.

Second, when driving a vehicle in hot summer weather or in an environment where the temperature in the cab is overheated, the temperature is high and the air circulation is poor. The driver will easily become tired and often feel mentally exhausted. His vision will gradually become blurred and his thinking will become slow. It is especially easy to fall asleep while driving in the afternoon, and the driver may even lose his memory momentarily. Reluctant driving may lead to traffic accidents. When driving in hot summer weather, you should try to keep the air in the cab unobstructed and the temperature and humidity appropriate. If you feel tired, you should stop and rest in time and do not force yourself to drive the vehicle. 3. High-speed driving can easily lead to fatigue driving. When driving a vehicle, as the speed increases or continues to drive at high speed, the driver will experience varying degrees of driving fatigue. When driving a vehicle at high speed, the driver's attention is very focused and he is always in a state of high mental tension. As the speed continues to increase and the driving time increases, the driver will gradually feel tired. When driving on a highway, the road environment is monotonous, traffic interference is less, the speed is stable, and the noise and vibration frequency during driving are low, which can easily make the driver feel monotonous and sleepy, resulting in the "highway hypnosis phenomenon." It can be seen from this that driving a vehicle at high speed can easily lead to driving fatigue.

What are the dangers of fatigue driving? When a driver is fatigued, his judgment ability decreases, his reaction becomes slow, and his operational errors increase. When the driver is slightly fatigued, gear shifting will be untimely and inaccurate; when the driver is moderately fatigued, the driver's operating movements will be sluggish and sometimes even forget to operate; when the driver is severely fatigued, he will often operate subconsciously or fall asleep for a short period of time, and in severe cases he will lose control of the vehicle.

When a driver is tired, he or she may experience blurred vision, back pain, stiff movements, swollen hands and feet, or lack of concentration, slow reaction, incomplete thinking, distraction, anxiety, and impatience. If you still cannot steer the vehicle properly, a traffic accident may occur. Countermeasures Editor Fatigue can generally be divided into physical fatigue and mental fatigue. From the perspective of fatigue recovery time, fatigue can be divided into acute fatigue, chronic fatigue and cumulative fatigue. Acute fatigue is temporary fatigue caused by daily labor. After a short rest, the fatigue will disappear. Normal driving fatigue belongs to this type. Chronic fatigue is caused by being in a state of fatigue for a long time. This fatigue reduces the quality of work, affects physical and mental health, and cannot be eliminated by a short rest. Excessive fatigue is caused by the accumulation of multiple and continuous fatigue, and may suddenly manifest itself in some kind of pathological condition. This condition cannot be recovered by a short period of sleep, but requires a long period of rest and sufficient sleep to recover. Otherwise, this excessive fatigue will develop into chronic fatigue. Drivers should not drive when they are overly tired or chronically fatigued.