{"id":39848,"date":"2025-09-27T17:57:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T15:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/beware-of-the-realities-of-driver-fatigue\/"},"modified":"2025-09-27T17:57:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T15:57:18","slug":"beware-of-the-realities-of-driver-fatigue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/beware-of-the-realities-of-driver-fatigue\/","title":{"rendered":"Beware of the realities of driver fatigue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, a video surfaced showing a truck driver falling asleep at the wheel for a significant time, missing at least three oncoming vehicles before ultimately rolling his vehicle after leaving the road. Despite having technology to reduce fatigue risk, the driver only awakened when it was too late.<\/p>\n<p>This incident is a stark reminder that while technology can help reduce crashes due to fatigue, it can be used in isolation. The CEO of MasterDrive, Eugene Herbert, says &ldquo;Fatigued driving is one of the most underestimated risks on our roads. The USA&rsquo;s AAA Foundation estimates 328 000 drowsy driving crashes occur annually in the United States, with approximately 6 400 being fatal.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is estimated that driver fatigue contributes to as many as 20% of all road accidents in South Africa and plays a role in 25-30% of fatal crashes. This figure potentially rises to 60% in the long-distance trucking industry. The true scope is likely much larger due to underreporting.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Even&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/news.aspx?s=1&#038;i=74718&#038;page=beware-of-the-realities-of-driver-fatigue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, a video surfaced showing a truck driver falling asleep at the wheel for a significant time, missing at least three oncoming vehicles before ultimately rolling his vehicle after leaving the road. Despite having technology to reduce fatigue risk, the driver only awakened when it was too late. This incident is a stark reminder that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39849,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/tiredness.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/tiredness.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39848\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}