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Major Studies and Federal Reports
Advocacy and Safety Groups
College Programs
Drowsy Driving Educational Materials
Federal Government Resources
State Government Resources
US Graduated Driver Licensing Laws by State
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Major Studies and Federal Reports

• AAA Foundation
  
  • Why Do People Have Drowsy Driving Crashes? (PDF)
  • Changing Behaviors to Prevent Drowsy Driving and Promote Traffic Safety: Review of Proven, Promising and Unproven Techniques (PDF)
  
  
• A Corporate Driven Sleep Apnea Detection and Treatment Program: Results and Challenges (PDF) (Research showing that a sleep apnea screening and treatment program implemented by a major trucking firm, Schneider National, resulted in health care savings, reduced accidents and increased driver retention rates.)
  
  
• Engineering Solutions--Rumble Strips
  • NSF: Use of continuous shoulder rumble strips: consensus report. June 1997
    
    
• Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
  • Commerical Motor Vehicle/Driver Fatigue and Alertness Study
  • Medical Review Board
    
    
• National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Strategic Plan 
  
  
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  • Drowsy and Distracted Driving site
  • NHTSA/National Center for Sleep Disorders Research Drowsy Driving Report
  • National Survey of Distracted and Drowsy Driving Attitudes and Behavior (2002)
  • NHTSA - Graduated Driver Licensing 
    
    
• NSF’s National Action Plan to Prevent Drowsy Driving (Coming Soon)
  
  
•  National Sleep Foundation 2007 State of the States Report on Drowsy Driving (PDF) (New)
  
  
• NSF Sleep in America Polls (These include information on drowsy driving.)
  
  
• Sleep Apnea and Commercial Motor Vehicle Operators, Executive Summary (Statement from the Joint Task Force of the American College of Chest Physicians, the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, and the National Sleep Foundation)
  
  
• Transportation Research Board: Health and Wellness Programs for Commercial Drivers (PDF) (Report includes a detailed look at the impact of sleep disorders.)
  
  
• Transportation Research Board: Toolbox for Transit Operator Fatigue (PDF)
  
  
• Testimony of National Sleep Foundation On The Impact of Driver Fatigue Before The Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure Hearing On Various Approaches to Improving Highway Safety (2002)
  

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Advocacy and Safety Groups

• AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety
  
  
• Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
  
  
•  National Organizations for Youth Safety (NOYS) - NOYS is a collaborative network of national organizations and federal agencies that serve youth and focus on youth safety and health. The National Sleep Foundation is a member. To view the NOYS online toolkit for National Youth Traffic Safety Month, which is each May, click here.
  
  
• National Road Safety Foundation
  
  
• Partnership for Safe Driving
  
  
• Students Against Destructive Decisions
  
  
• Truck Safety Coalition -- Partnership between Parents Against Tired Truckers (PATT) and Citizens for Reliable and Safe Highways (CRASH)
  
  
• www.russburris.com -- Web site of Rusty Burris, drowsy driving victim and spokesperson.

College Programs

• Baylor University: Lupe Medina Program
  
  
• Drowsy Driving Coalition of Tompkins County (NY)

Drowsy Driving Educational Materials

• 2007 Wake Up, Michigan! Symposium Presentations 
  
  
• Allstate: Drive It Right
  
  
• Canadian Lung Association
  
  
• Loughboro Sleep Research Centre, UK
  
  
• National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
  
  
• "Driving When You are Taking Medications" Brochure – Food & Drug Administration / Department of Transportation
  
  
• NSF's Sleep Advocacy Handbook (PDF) (Can't open a PDF? Download Adobe Acrobat here.)
  
  
• "Asleep At The Wheel" - National Sleep Foundation article on the policy issues surrounding drowsy driving. Published in Sleep Review magazine, October 2007.

Federal Government Resources

• Federal Highway Administration
  
  
• National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA)
  
  
• Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
  
  
• National Institutes of Health, National Center on Sleep Disorders Research
  
  
  

State Government Resources

• Governors Highway Safety Commission
  
  
• Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (State Laws Section)
  
  
• New York State Governor's Traffic Safety Committee (State Drowsy Driving Information)
  
  
  

US Graduated Driver Licensing Laws By State (Provided by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety)

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En Español

• Conducir Adormecido (NSF)
  
  
• Manejando Dormido o Somnoliento (American Academy of Sleep Medicine) (PDF)

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