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