More Than Half of U.S. Men Have Dozed Off at the Wheel

More than half of U.S. men say they’ve dozed off while driving, and twice as many men as women have struggled to stay awake at the wheel in the past year, an American Automobile Association study found.

The AAA’s traffic-safety foundation is studying driving-while-tired, which may be linked to about one-in-six fatal crashes, to figure out how to stem the practice. About 13 percent of men and 6.5 percent of women reported falling asleep while driving in the past year, even as 96 percent of drivers surveyed said they frown on drowsy driving, the foundation said.