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Is there a point at which we could deem a driver to be impaired due to fatigue?

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Should tired drivers be treated like drunk drivers?

By Drew Dawson, Madeline Sprajcer April 19, 2023

What if you could be fined or lose your licence for driving tired? Our new study just published in Nature and Science of Sleep has found if you had less than five hours of sleep last night, you are just as dangerous as a drunk driver. We know about 20 per cent of all vehicle

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Federal work/rest rules to be updated for railway workers

More clarifications coming, Teamsters say

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News December 9, 2020

A perennial sticking point in work stoppages and labour disputes at Canada’s two major railways is expected to be at least somewhat addressed within the next two and a half years. Federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau on Nov. 25 announced what’s billed as the first updates to the Duty/Rest Rules for Railway Operating Employees since

Fatigue is a hazard that needs to be addressed for your safety and those around you.

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Combating farm fatigue

Tips on how to sleep better, feel better and work safer

By Geralyn Wichers June 23, 2020

Farmers probably don’t need a seminar to tell them they don’t sleep enough. Caffeine-induced heart palpitations probably do that for them as spring field work grinds on. However, as a June 9 seminar from Keystone Agricultural Producers reminded, that sleep deprivation is more than an annoyance. “Fatigue is a hazard just like your chemicals on the farm,” said

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CN kicks off recovery after eight-day strike

By GFM Network News, Reuters November 28, 2019

Reuters –– Canadian National Railway on Thursday said it was putting a recovery plan in place while ramping up operations after the country’s biggest rail strike in a decade. The eight-day-long work stoppage at Canada’s largest railroad sent shocks through the country’s economy with grain and propane shipments scuttled. The strike by about 3,200 conductors

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Worker’s plea for rest spurs breakthrough in CN strike, union says

By Allison Lampert, GFM Network News November 26, 2019

Montreal | Reuters — As Canada’s biggest rail strike in a decade dragged on with no resolution in sight, the recorded pleas of an exhausted rail worker who wanted a break after a 10-hour shift helped deliver a critical breakthrough, a union leader told Reuters on Tuesday. The audio recording, released on Monday by Teamsters

Falling asleep at the wheel can be deadly.

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Drivers beware of driving while tired, say safety officials

Driving while overtired is the equivalent of driving drunk, sleep experts say

By Lorraine Stevenson November 25, 2015

You are… getting sleepier. The road is long and even longer when drivers start to nod off. Driving drowsy also makes it a far-riskier trip. Each year there are about 100,000 accidents across North America that are linked to driver fatigue, according to the National Sleep Association. They happen because driving when you’re overtired is

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Comment: Sleep driving

Federal work/rest rules to be updated for railway workers

Combating farm fatigue

CN kicks off recovery after eight-day strike

Worker’s plea for rest spurs breakthrough in CN strike, union says

Drivers beware of driving while tired, say safety officials

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