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Growing Danger On The Highways

How many times have you been driving onintrastate commerce largely depends on
a highway and the large truck in frontthe trucking industry to get goods from
of you slowly crosses the yellow linepoint A to point B. But they are
and then, with a jerk, the driverjeopardizing their own lives and the
corrects himself and pulls the trucklives of all on the roads with them.
over to the right. That happened to meTheir profession and resultant way of
just two days ago on my way to Newlife leads to some very unhealthy eating
Mexico on I25 in Colorado. It can happenhabits, sedentary lifestyles-sitting
anywhere, anytime.most of the day while driving, and long
The annual report from the U.S. Bureauhours resulting in poor sleeping
of Labor Statistics recently reportedpatterns. They tend to be overweight
that "fatal highway incidents remainedjust like most of their brethren in the
the most frequent type of fatalrest of the country maybe even more so.
workplace event, accounting for one inAll of these factors lead to pre
every four fatalities nationally indiabetes, Syndrome X and sleep apnea and
2005" the latest year they have theeventually to diabetes.
figures. Fatal highway incidents rose byThe threat they pose of "sleep driving"
2 percent in 2005, accounting for 1,428or just falling asleep at the wheel is
worker deaths.every bit as serious as an intoxicated
ONE IN FOUR!driver and maybe more so. A study showed
Since 2002 thru 2005 there has been athat people with sleep apnea were seven
nearly 25% increase in fatal and nontimes more likely to have multiple car
fatal crashesto 144,742 and the trendaccidents.
continues upward.There are a variety of devices that can
All manner of goods from produce to poolkeep drivers awake if they are suspect.
tables from tires to textiles are movedThe 'nap zapper' is the most popular and
around the country by means of theeffective. You attach it to your ear.
trucking industry. Truckers moreover areWhen it detects a nodding motion of your
the salt of the earth.head as though you are dozing off an
Truck drivers, men and women , acrossalarm goes off waking you and the
the country are a vital cog in the wheeloccupants of the vehicle.
of the economy. Interstate and



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