Many drivers have felt a bit sleepy at the wheel at some point in their lives. That’s partly why the dangers of drowsy driving are easy to ignore until you get hurt, or someone close to you does.
No one knows this better than Phil Konstantin, a retired California highway patrolman, whose wife died after falling asleep at the wheel in 1999. Even though he was more aware of fatigued driving than most people, since his job involved traffic safety, her death was a huge wake-up call.
