Driving while mom
An interesting study out of Australia. New moms are often so sleep deprived that it some extremes it's like driving drunk. Being awake for seventeen hours is like having a blood alchohol level of 0.5%. In Texas the legal limit is 0.8%.
We talked to a Rockwall mom who has a two year old son and a six month old daughter. Needless to say, she gets very little sleep. Sometimes she'll take off for the grocery store and after about two miles, realizes she's going the wrong way. Sometimes she'll sit and stare at a green light before realizing it's okay for her to go.
A doctor says she see's many moms who are sleep deprived. Because of of the study, she plans on advising her sleep deprived moms to get a designated driver if they feel too tired to drive. I know that in my occupation, if I don't get enough sleep it makes it hard to concentrate during live shots. It's amazing what our bodies can do, but one thing it can't do without is enough sleep.
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