Sleeping Can Be Dangerous
Posted on 24 May 2010 by LynThomas in Humour, Society
A high speed train driver in Taiwan lost his job, after being caught dozing off while travelling at nearly 300 km an hour.
The train was carrying hundreds of passengers at the time, on a line just south of Taichung city in the centre of the island.
“The driver had taken sleeping pills and was not fully conscious while on duty,” Ted Chai, spokesman for the Taiwan High Speed Rail said.
Train controllers had noticed that the driver did not appear to be handling the controls and immediately alerted the cabin crew.
They managed to control the train, using the train’s automatic systems, for about 13 minutes, before bringing it to a gliding halt at Taichung station.
Taiwan’s 207-mile (345-kilometer) high-speed system links the capital Taipei in the north with Kaohsiung city in the south using Japanese bullet-train technology.
Sleeping problems, however, can come in many different forms.
A British teacher, Kris Lines, 31, who had fallen asleep on an Air Canada long-haul flight between London and Vancouver, woke up to discover he was sitting in an empty hangar. The cabin crew had failed to spot he was still on board, before they deplaned.
Long after the plane had been emptied, Lines was woken by a tap on the shoulder, from a baffled mechanic. Lines panicked thinking he was just behind all the other passengers.
“Don’t worry, chill out and take all the time you want. The flight landed an hour and a half ago,” the mechanic told him.
“I’m quite a heavy sleeper and I’d been awake for 24 hours, so as soon as I dropped off I was out for the count,” said Lines. He was able to reclaim his baggage, which was still at the baggage claim area.
Lines sent a complaint to Air Canada and got an email back from customer services, apologizing and promising him 20 percent off his next flight.
Ramesh Advani, 63, faces up to three years in prison for allegedly reaching under a blanket of a woman sleeping next to him, to sexually abuse her, on a flight to Hong Kong. Passengers sitting behind the victim kicked her seat to alert her. She instantly informed the flight crew.
Studies now say there are grave dangers from sleep deprivation, just as there are dangers from too much sleep. To say nothing of sleep apnea, insomnia, narcolepsy, sleep-related hypoventilation, idiopathic hypersomnia and heavy snoring. At the end of the day, it seems that sleeping is dangerous, full stop.
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[...] After being caught dozing off while travelling at nearly 300 km an hour. a high speed train driver in Taiwan lost his job. The train was carrying hundreds of passengers, at the time, on a line just south of Taichung city in the centre of the island. Read about other dangers from waking up in empty hangers, to sexual abuse… [...]
sleep apnea can lead to cardiovascular problems in the long run-**
i snore so much that i can wake up the whole neighborhood by just snoring:`.
sleep apnea can also be cure by surgery and some appliance:”
i don’t like people who are snoring a lot, they can really ruin a good sleep’-:
my girlfriend is snoring a lot, does anyone know a good doctor that has a remedy for snoring “”
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