The Lead Pedal Podcast for Truck Drivers
Nov 6, 2026 · 13 min · 11 segments
 **Waking Up to Driver Fatigue: Critical…
Bruce OutridgeHost
So before we get into the information with the Fleet Safety Council, I want to start off with some information that came to me from Shopra and Nisarino, they're injury and accident attorneys in the States.

Anyway, they sent some over and it was timely because they sent it over right when I was about to do this episode.

I don't normally do this, but if it's interesting, it's about you guys, right? Not there.

This is something I don't think, I think a lot of people experience it, but they don't really think about it.

Sometimes you may not even notice it or experience it often occurs when you're sleep deprived.

And it's also stemmed from alcohol consumption, medical conditions affecting sleep medications, um, or night shift work.

It's one of those things where you go down the road and you just don't remember the last few miles.

Um, and so they say that one thing you can do is roll down the window, but we, All know that that's not really the, you actually need to stop and take a few minutes.

And you'd be surprised at how much 15 minutes or half an hour quick sleep can really actually help you feel more alert.

They're saying tens of thousands of accidents and hundreds of fatalities occur each year.

Now, so here's some of the factors that they say are impacting driver fatigue, okay? So lack of sleep, if you're not getting enough sleep, and you know, it's not just about how many hours you slept, but how good a sleep you got.

Stress, if there's lots of stress in your life, that's a big problem for sure.

Irregular sleep patterns for somebody who's switching from days and nights or for drivers who might be on an open board and going from one different time zones, all that kind of stuff.

So before we get into the information with the Fleet Safety Council, I want to start off with some information that came to me from Shopra and Nisarino, they're injury and accident attorneys in the States.

Anyway, they sent some over and it was timely because they sent it over right when I was about to do this episode.

I don't normally do this, but if it's interesting, it's about you guys, right? Not there.

This is something I don't think, I think a lot of people experience it, but they don't really think about it.

Sometimes you may not even notice it or experience it often occurs when you're sleep deprived.

And it's also stemmed from alcohol consumption, medical conditions affecting sleep medications, um, or night shift work.

It's one of those things where you go down the road and you just don't remember the last few miles.

Um, and so they say that one thing you can do is roll down the window, but we, All know that that's not really the, you actually need to stop and take a few minutes.

And you'd be surprised at how much 15 minutes or half an hour quick sleep can really actually help you feel more alert.

They're saying tens of thousands of accidents and hundreds of fatalities occur each year.

Now, so here's some of the factors that they say are impacting driver fatigue, okay? So lack of sleep, if you're not getting enough sleep, and you know, it's not just about how many hours you slept, but how good a sleep you got.

Stress, if there's lots of stress in your life, that's a big problem for sure.

Irregular sleep patterns for somebody who's switching from days and nights or for drivers who might be on an open board and going from one different time zones, all that kind of stuff.
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