Sleep driving

Sleepwalk-driving,[1] or more commonly known as sleep-driving,[2] is a rare phenomenon where the person drives a motor vehicle while they are sleepwalking. If stopped by police, sleepwalk-drivers are totally incapable of having any interaction with the police, if they are still sleepwalking during the event.[3] Sleepwalk-driving can occur to people who normally don't experience sleepwalking, since some medications, especially Ambien and Lunesta, can cause sleepwalking as unwanted side effect.[4]

Cases

There has been a case, where a person driving a car, ended up in fatal accident, running over another person, but claimed that he was sleepwalk-driving while the scenario took place.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Sobo, Frank (2004). Crumpet Strumpet. ISBN 9780974334837. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  2. ↑ Roman, Frank (22 September 2012). "Why Sleepwalk When You Can Sleepdrive". Thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  3. ↑ Pressman, Mark R. (2 March 2011). "Sleep driving: sleepwalking variant or misuse of z-drugs?". Sleep Medicine Reviews. 15 (5): 285–292. doi:10.1016/j.smrv.2010.12.004. PMID 21367628. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  4. ↑ Woodbury, Emily (18 August 2021). "You've heard of sleepwalking, but what about sleep-driving?". Rvtravel.com. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  5. ↑ Russell, Mark (2 November 2021). "Expert doubts sleepwalk in fatal hit-run". Canberratimes.com.au. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
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