On Sun, 4 May 2003 03:00, you wrote: > One problem ( that I don't know what the rate is elseware ) that we have in > the western US, due to allot of the long miles between stopping points, is > a fairly high rate of auto accidents due to Highway Hypnosis, and drivers > falling asleep behind the wheel. One particular incident we had last > summer, was the death of 9 forest firefighters because the driver of the > van they were in, fell asleep. Things like this can not be attributed to > vehicle design, but, directly to drivers, and the people in charge of the > drivers ( the driver is given X amount of time to get from one place to > another and if they don't make it on time they are penalized ). > > Greg H.
You guys always have to have something bigger! We have real distances between petrol stops in the Northern Territory: 220Km (about 140miles) between petrol stations (and any habitation) & this is on a major highway between Adelaide & Darwin. Often at night, when I go to Sydney, I have 100Km between petrol stations (but I can go 725Km to Sydney on less than a tank anyway - so who cares!) The only stops I make are for a meal, or toilet. But after all of that I agree that micro-sleeps are a killer. (& there has been research done n Australia). There are restrictions on how far a truck (& heavy vehicles) can travel between rest stops. The Transport dept has checkpoints to check these rests too. (big fines for non-compliance) regards Doug ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Make Money Online Auctions! Make $500.00 or We Will Give You Thirty Dollars for Trying! http://us.click.yahoo.com/KXUxcA/fNtFAA/uetFAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
