On 8 Feb 2011 at 19:01, Mark Casteel wrote: > > Hi Carla. I found the idea of driving while asleep (i.e., during > sleepwalking) to seem a bit absurd, so I did a quick search on the > web. There´s an interesting post on Psychology Today from John > Kline, a Yale Professor, that you might find of interest. If we > can trust what he says, it apparently has happened. > > http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/sleepless-in-america/200812/ca > n- people-drive-while-asleep
There's an extraordinary case in Canada of a man who drove 23 km to kill his mother-in-law and later was able to avoid a murder conviction on the grounds that he was asleep at the time. See: http://scc.lexum.umontreal.ca/en/1992/1992scr2-871/1992scr2-871.html (the Supreme Court judgement) and http://tinyurl.com/47dkolf (a more accessible news report on the case) Stephen -------------------------------------------- Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Bishop's University Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada e-mail: sblack at ubishops.ca --------------------------------------------- --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=8623 or send a blank email to leave-8623-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
