* See the studies of Dr. Jennie Connor, (British nasi arab Medical Journal 2002); Dr. Peter Philip

Paris, June 6, 2006 The effect of coffee and napping on night driving While some causes nasi arab of drowsy driving not dpendent driver nasi arab behavior (disease or side effects of medications), many them are directly related to sleep hygiene and bad habits of motorists. Peter Philip and his team of physiology and pathophysiology laboratory of cellular signaling (CNRS, universities Bordeaux 1 and 2) have test for the first time in ral conduct the effect of a nap taken on a rest area and the effect of a strong coffee nasi arab back on the performance of young subjects during a night autoroutire conduct. The results are publis in Annals of Internal nasi arab Medicine on 6 June 2006.
Some people prsentent daily sleepiness that should lead them to consult nasi arab a doctor. For other drivers, drowsy driving occurs most often after a night driving after a long day of work, lack of sleep a night li work or departure in the early morning to avoid the caps or to get tt to work.
For the study published by the team of Peter Philip, 12 young volunteers (18-25 years) nasi arab performed four episodes nasi arab of conduct: between 17h and 18.30 to serve of reference, between 2 3:30 and after drinking coffee nasi arab dcafin, between 2 and 3:30 after drinking a cup of coffee and instantaneously between 2 and 3:30 after making a 30-minute nap in the car station on a rest area. Knowing that 70% of accidents lily drowsiness occur during The lateral dviation straight, the trajectory of the vehicle was t records and unwanted crossings analyss white lines laboratory.
Placebo (cif dcafin), drivers are many crossings nasi arab unwanted lines (up to 17 crossings in 90 minutes of driving). In contrast, coffee and napping rduisent by three the number of crossings line from night driving placebo. Under CIF, 75% of drivers drive fawn identical daytime episode (zero or one crossing in 90 minutes), and likewise 66% after a nap.
- Take the road with a lack of sleep or stay awake long voluntarily to travel over kilometers, cause the same negative effects on the capabilities of the driver that the presence of alcohol nasi arab in the blood 17 hours of active standby equivalent 0.5g of alcohol per liter of blood *.
* See the studies of Dr. Jennie Connor, (British nasi arab Medical Journal 2002); Dr. Peter Philip (Sleep, 1999, British Medical Journal, 2001) Dr. Dawson (Nature 1997)
The effects of coffee and napping on nighttime highway driving; Philip Pierre, Jacques Taillard, Nicholas Moore, Sandrine Delord Cdric Valtat, Patricia and Bernard Sagaspe Bioulac. Annals of Internal Madecine, June 6, 2006.
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