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DELAWARE COUNTY'S PROSECUTOR
NEXT WEEK.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU,
BROOKE.
TONIGHT WE HAVE A WARNING FOR
PARENTS WITH TEENAGE DRIVERS,
SOMETHING THEY'LL WANT TO HEAR.
THERE'S A NEW STUDY THAT SAYS
YOUNG DRIVERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO
DRIVE WHILE DROWZLY THAN ANYONE
ELSE ON THE ROAD.
DUSTIN GROVE IS HERE WITH A
CLOSER LOOK AT THE NUMBERS AND
THE CONCERN PLUS A MESSAGE FROM
POLICE TONIGHT.
Reporter: WHEN YOU THINK
ABOUT DANGEROUS BEHIND THE
WHEEL, WE THINK ABOUT DRUNK
DRIVING, MAYBE TEXTING AND
DRIVING.
BUT POLICE SAY DRIVING DROWSY
CAN BE JUST AS DANGEROUS.
Reporter: FROM SPORTS TO
CLUBS TO CLASSWORK, STUDENTS
LIKE JAKE ARE BUSY.
DID FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL AND
TRACK LAST YEAR.
Reporter: AND MORE NIGHTS
THAN NOT, SLEEP IS WHAT SUFFERS.
YEAH.
DEFINITELY.
NOW COMES DISTURBING NEWS
THAT THE LACK OF SLEEP ISN'T
STOPPING THEM FROM CLIMBING
BEHIND THE WHEEL AND HITTING THE
ROAD.
A STUDY BY THE AAA FOUNDATION
SAYS YOUNG DRIVERS 16 TO 24
YEARS OLD ARE MORE LIKELY TO
DRIVE SLEEPY THAN ANYONE ELSE.
1 IN 7 ADMITTED TO ACTUALLY
NODDING OFF BEHIND THE WHEEL AT
LEAST ONCE IN THE PAST YEAR.
AS A PARENT --
SCARE MESS TO DEATH.
BUT WE TRY TO KEEP OUR BOYS SO
THEY GET TO BED EARLIER, BUT
IT'S HARD TO CONTROL THAT.
Reporter: EXPERTS SAY ALL TOO
OFTEN WHEN IT COMES TO DRIVING
DROWSY, MOST UNDERESTIMATE THE
RISKS, BUT POLICE SAY IT'S JUST
AS DANGEROUS AS DRIVING DRUNK.
YOU PUT NOT JUST YOURSELF IN
DANGER BUT YOUR FAMILY AND OTHER
PEOPLE ON THE ROADWAY.
Reporter: THERE ARE MEASURES
TO HELP AVOID TRAGEDY, LIKE
RUMBLE STRIPS, AND IN RECENT
YEARS EVEN IN-CAR TECHNOLOGY.
WHEN YOU VEER OFF, AS LONG AS
THE HIGHWAY IS MARKED WITH WHITE
LINES, IT'S GOING TO SOUND A
HORN AND IT'S GOING GOING TO BEE
YOU UP.
Reporter: FOR JAKE, WHO GETS
HIS LICENSE NEXT YEAR, THE BEST
ADVICE MAY COME FROM DAD.
OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU GET TIRED,
HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE DRIVE.
Reporter: SO YOUNGER DRIVERS
IN PARTICULAR, BUT IT HAPPENS TO
THOSE OF US OF ANY AGE OFF THE
ROAD.
THAT SAME STUDY SHOWS 3 OUT OF
10 DRIVERS OF ALL AGES ADMITTED
TO DRIVING AND STRUGGLING TO
KEEP THEIR EYES OPEN IN THE LAST
30 DAYS.