New Jersey leads the way
Well I've been waiting for this a long time - New Jersey is the first to pass a tough driving law that allows for prosecuting sleep-deprived people when they cause fatal accidents cuz they couldn't be responsible enough to get enough sleep before getting behind the wheel.
Now if someone causes a fatal accident in New Jersey and they are found to have been sleep deprived, it's punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $100,000 fine.
The statistics for accidents caused by people who fall asleep at the wheel are really bad. A federal study estimates at least 100,000 crashes, over 70 thousand injuries and about 1,500 deaths PER YEAR all caused because people do not take getting enough sleep seriously these days.
Time to get to bed and get some sleep! Falling asleep at the wheel is no longer an excuse for negligent homicide.
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