1. Sleepiness, attention and risk of accidents in powered two-wheelers
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Damien Leger, Clément Bougard, Stéphane Espié, Damien Davenne, Sébastien Moussay, French Armed Forces Biomedical Research Institute, parent, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Département Transport, Santé, Sécurité (IFSTTAR/TS2), Institut Français des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, de l'Aménagement et des Réseaux (IFSTTAR)-Université de Lyon, Sommeil-Vigilance-Fatigue et Santé Publique (VIFASOM - EA 7330), Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées (IRBA)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale ( INSERM ), Département Transport, Santé, Sécurité ( IFSTTAR/TS2 ), Institut Français des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, de l'Aménagement et des Réseaux ( IFSTTAR ) -Université de Lyon, Sommeil-Vigilance-Fatigue et Santé Publique ( VIFASOM - EA 7330 ), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 ( UPD5 ), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées (IRBA), Neurosciences and operational constraints Department, French armed Forces Biomedical Research institute, Mobilités : Vieillissement, Pathologie, Santé (COMETE), Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Département Composants et Systèmes (IFSTTAR/COSYS), Institut Français des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, de l'Aménagement et des Réseaux (IFSTTAR)-Université de Lyon-PRES Université Nantes Angers Le Mans (UNAM)-PRES Université Lille Nord de France, Centre du Sommeil et de la Vigilance [Paris], and Hôpital Hôtel-Dieu [Paris]
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DEUX ROUES A MOTEUR ,ACCIDENT ,[SPI.OTHER]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Other ,Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine ,[ SPI.OTHER ] Engineering Sciences [physics]/Other ,SOMNOLENCE ,Applied psychology ,ACCIDENT DE LA ROUTE ,Poison control ,Suicide prevention ,Occupational safety and health ,FATIGUE (HOMME) ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Sleep debt ,Risk Factors ,Physiology (medical) ,0502 economics and business ,Injury prevention ,Humans ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS ,RISQUE ,050210 logistics & transportation ,SLEEP DEBT ,business.industry ,[SCCO.NEUR]Cognitive science/Neuroscience ,05 social sciences ,Accidents, Traffic ,ATTENTION ,Human factors and ergonomics ,International health ,PREVENTION ,Alertness ,Motorcycles ,DEUX ROUES MOTORISE ,Neurology ,Sleep Deprivation ,Neurology (clinical) ,business ,Psychology ,Psychomotor Performance ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
In recent years, the role of "sleepiness at the wheel" in the occurrence of accidents has been increasingly highlighted with several national and international public health campaigns based on consensual research publications. However, one aspect of this phenomenon is rarely taken into account, i.e., the risk of sleep-induced accidents while riding powered two-wheelers (PTWs). PTWs are indeed involved in a high percentage of fatal accidents mostly with young male riders. The effects of sleepiness may be different in drivers and riders, partly because riders may be stimulated more by the road environment. But riders (differently from drivers) have also to maintain continuously a balance between their own stability and the need of following the road, even when they are directly exposed to adverse climatic conditions. We, therefore, gathered the limited scientific literature on this topic and tried to analyze how riders may be affected differently by sleepiness. Finally we provide some suggestions as to how this question may be better approached in the future.
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- 2016
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