Sleep disorder awareness petition gets 800 signatures
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A PETITION to make haulage companies acknowledge the dangers caused by drivers suffering from obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) has received almost 800 signatures. The potentially lethal sleeping disorder is easily treated yet often goes undiagnosed because people may not realise they are afflicted.
A CM investigation recently highlighted how up to 10% of all HGV drivers could have OSA (CM 3 November). An e-petition was set up to raise awareness after a collision on the M25 last year, in which a lorry driver fell asleep at the wheel and crashed into a car killing one of the occupants and leaving Daniel Upcraft with serious brain damage. Upcraft’s mother Carole created the petition to prevent another person being killed by a treatable condition.