Keeping Kids Healthy: Teens and Driving Drowsy: A Deadly Mix

When it comes to teenagers, the old adage about "early to bed, early to rise..." has very little to do with reality. Teens are more sleep deprived now than ever and it is becoming a dangerous situation. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) conservatively estimates that 100,000 police-reported crashes are the direct result of driver fatigue each year. And young drivers were four times more likely to have a sleep-related crash than were drivers over the age of 30.

Join host Dr. Winnie King as we hear the sad stories of some young people whose lives were forever changed by drowsy driving. You'll also hear from a national sleep specialist and a NY State Trooper as well as hear how some schools and families are trying to correct the problem of sleep-deprived teens.

Guests: Jodi Mindell PhD - Associate Director, Sleep Disorders Center, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA; Trooper Leon Williams - New York State Trooper. Brad and Linda Deckhard - their teenage daughter died when she fell asleep while driving Rusty Barris –paralyzed after falling asleep at the wheel when he was a teenager John and Wanda Bates – Rusty’s parents Alex Stevenson - formerly sleep deprived teenager Diane Stevenson - Alex's mother Justin Daily - was paralyzed when he fell asleep at the wheel


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