If you consistently lose one half hour of sleep a night, your dept increases. After losing this sleep consistently for two weeks, you have accumulated one whole nights sleep. This dept of sleep to your body must be corrected, or serious problems can arise. Under extreme circumstances, sleep deprivation has been known to lead even to death. A lack of sleep can be dangerous in many ways to the general functions of the body, but it can also be detrimental to a more specific problem of automobile collisions.
Many experts believe that fatigue can be at least as debilitating as alcohol.
When you mix a lack of sleep and any alcohol consumption, you are in an extremely dangerous position. All the problems of lack of muscle coordination and the other problems that arise form sleep deprivation, reduces your reaction time and gives the possibility of falling asleep at the wheel of your vehicle. Though sleep deprivation itself may be very detrimental to your health, you can easily correct the condition. The easiest way to find relief is to get a full nights sleep, every night. Also, you can set aside on night to catch up on your sleep.