The quick examination didn’t get into this in the final numbers, but I feel confident that time of day (day vs night) is a big deal. Deaths during the nighttime were roughly the same as daytime deaths, but I’d assume most of the driving happens during the day, and disproportionately deaths are at night, both for visibility or sleepiness reasons.
I would advise people against driving through the middle of the night. Even if you don’t feel tired, it’s not good to go against your circadian rhythms.
Driving at night is not just about your own tiredness/circadian rhythm, there are other people driving tired and drunk.
In my college town, there’s a 1⁄4 mile long plastic-fenced in road, leading to rental houses. Every Thursday-Sunday night, someone will run their car into this fence, leaving broken fence marks the next morning.
The quick examination didn’t get into this in the final numbers, but I feel confident that time of day (day vs night) is a big deal. Deaths during the nighttime were roughly the same as daytime deaths, but I’d assume most of the driving happens during the day, and disproportionately deaths are at night, both for visibility or sleepiness reasons.
I would advise people against driving through the middle of the night. Even if you don’t feel tired, it’s not good to go against your circadian rhythms.
Driving at night is not just about your own tiredness/circadian rhythm, there are other people driving tired and drunk.
In my college town, there’s a 1⁄4 mile long plastic-fenced in road, leading to rental houses. Every Thursday-Sunday night, someone will run their car into this fence, leaving broken fence marks the next morning.