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I love going on road trips with my friends to find new fishing spots, and sometimes we'll drive 15 + hours to try our luck on new waters. We leave early and use my truck, so usually I take the first shift. The problem is that I'm really not a morning person and it tends to take me some time to properly wake up. This means that for a good hour on the road, I'm really not as focused as I should be. Although I've often said to myself " I really should just let someone else drive until I feel fit and ready," I don't ! Why ? Well, I can't really answer that, I can only imagine it's a mix of being stubborn and a reluctance to allow someone else to drive my vehicle.

This brings me to the point of this post, how many people really fall asleep at the wheel ? Well, the answer is actually a little worriesome, as I found out recently when I read this survey done in Ontario by this online auto insurance company. The Neglected Driver Survey, an online study by Angus Reid on behalf of InsuranceHunter.ca, polled 1,003 Ontario parents with children under the age of 12 who take family road trips. The study demonstrates a scary fact: most drivers (especially males) do not stop driving when they are fatigued, in fact 64% of men have continued driving on a road trip when tired. It gets worse, as according to the study, 30% of men have nodded off behind the wheel. Wow ! That means that there is a good chance that on your next roadtrip, if you're not falling asleep at the wheel, someone else on the road with you probably is !

If you're interested in reading all the results of this study, you can find it here: Insurance Hunter’s safety survey. And remember, it's always better to arrive late rather than not at all.