"Dozing off..." Focus on November...How to prevent drowsy accidents? [Anchor Report]

Many people go on long-distance trips for the fall foliage season.In October and November, the fall holiday season of

You should be careful as traffic accidents occur on average 11% more than other times.

I use the highway to enjoy the autumn scenery in the mountains.Please refer to the types of accidents that occur frequently on the

highway.

First of all, it's a shoulder stop accident.

In May, a large truck driving near the Oksan Interchange on the upper side of the Gyeongbu Expressway hit a car that was stopped for maintenance due to a breakdown on the shoulder.

was taken to the hospital after two people, including the driver of a car, were injured in the accident.

In the three years until last year, the average number of deaths in the second highway accident was 27, accounting for 17% of the total deaths.

The fatality rate is 6.5 times higher than that of ordinary accidents.

A black car stopped on the shoulder of a highway where cars were running fast.

Then it slowly moves back.

As soon as you enter the second lane from the shoulder, the following truck cannot avoid it and hits it.

On the 10th of last month, a driver in his 60s tried to reverse to enter an excessive exit on the Gwangju Daegu Expressway.The impact of

created a dizzying situation in which the vehicle caught fire and the driver was trapped.

Fortunately, bus passengers passing by rushed off and rescued the driver.Reverse is absolutely prohibited on highway

.

Driving while drowsy is also dangerous.

If you doze off for even one second while driving at 100km/h, it's like driving 100m with your eyes closed.

71% of highway traffic deaths in the five years until last year were caused by drowsiness or neglect of looking ahead.

There are an average of more than 6,000 drowsy driving accidents a year, especially in November.