I donât think this is a particularly good area for EAs to tackle, but I do suspect that new parents should be more informed/âreminded of the dangers of driving while sleep-deprived. I remember borrowing a car to drive to a meetup for new parents and and some point realizing, âThis is ridiculous. Iâm so exhausted I donât always feel confident in my ability to walk downstairs. I shouldnât be operating heavy machinery.â Not like isolation is great for new parents either, but I needed to find ways to get out without driving.
No particularly strong reason. I guess it seems strange that given that it would be low cost for public health systems to issue advice about this, itâs not already happening more. Maybe the fact that no one really opposes it and it might be cheap to improve means that itâs ripe for more attention, but maybe the fact that it hasnât already been done means EAs who arenât already working in public health canât do a lot.
Itâs not totally neglectedâthere are a ton of results for âsleep deprivation epidemic,â the CDC describes sleep deprivation as a serious national problem, and my local schoolyard has a banner telling children to get 9 hours of sleep. But obviously more progress could be made.
I donât think this is a particularly good area for EAs to tackle, but I do suspect that new parents should be more informed/âreminded of the dangers of driving while sleep-deprived. I remember borrowing a car to drive to a meetup for new parents and and some point realizing, âThis is ridiculous. Iâm so exhausted I donât always feel confident in my ability to walk downstairs. I shouldnât be operating heavy machinery.â Not like isolation is great for new parents either, but I needed to find ways to get out without driving.
I agree that everyone should be informed about the dangers of driving while sleep-deprived.
Would you please explain a bit about your reasoning?
No particularly strong reason. I guess it seems strange that given that it would be low cost for public health systems to issue advice about this, itâs not already happening more. Maybe the fact that no one really opposes it and it might be cheap to improve means that itâs ripe for more attention, but maybe the fact that it hasnât already been done means EAs who arenât already working in public health canât do a lot.
Itâs not totally neglectedâthere are a ton of results for âsleep deprivation epidemic,â the CDC describes sleep deprivation as a serious national problem, and my local schoolyard has a banner telling children to get 9 hours of sleep. But obviously more progress could be made.