Posts tagged sleep

• Sleepwalking Scare Highlights Danger

  Bret Hanna | September 22, 2009 6:35 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Early Sunday morning, a 12-year-old Vernal girl fell from a motel window while sleepwalking. The girl was staying in a third floor room with her family at a Hampton Inn in Orem, when she fell about...

• Commercial Trucker's Hours of Service Violations Put Driving Public at Risk

  Mark Williams | August 23, 2009 7:59 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  There are perhaps few things more dangerous on our highways than a sleepy commercial truck driver. In order to address this, the Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration (FMCSA) adopts...

• Should Obese Truck Drivers Undergo Mandatory Testing To Determine If They Have Sleep Apnea?

  Bret Hanna | June 08, 2009 5:51 PM | 4 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  Truck drivers are people and some are overweight. Some, like the general population, are downright obese. But over-the-road truck drivers make their living driving very large, heavy vehicles that...