And if you've ever doubted that, this test will drive it home. It begins with two St. Cloud State University students, Andy Brown and Mary Green. A nurse from the Minnesota Regional Sleep Disorders Center will monitor the pair's sleep patterns for a week. Then the Minnesota Highway Safety Center will test their driving abilities after a week of normal sleep. The pair then maneuvers through a driving course with cones.
Dimension sets up cameras inside both cars.
Along the course, experts will rate how willing Andy and Mary are to take risks and how quickly they react to simulated hazards with lights changing and cars weaving around cones. The course is designed to simulate crisis and for the drivers to steer around the barriers and the cones, and avoid the lighted lands. Both Andy and Mary do well. More than 24 hours later, Andy and Mary will be totally different drivers. That's because between now and then, they won't sleep.