Drowsy Driving Is as Dangerous as Drunk Driving

After 18 hours awake, your reaction time equals someone at a 0.05% blood alcohol level. After 24 hours, it's equivalent to 0.10% — legally drunk in every country. Microsleeps — involuntary sleep episodes lasting 1-10 seconds — can happen without you even noticing, and at 100 km/h that's 280 meters with no one driving. Coffee and open windows are myths; they delay sleep by minutes, not prevent it. The only real fix is pulling over and napping for 20 minutes. No meeting, no deadline, no destination is worth dying for in a ditch.