Gurugram engineer falls asleep at the wheel, rams into 2 men: How sleeplessness affects your brain

A night's lack of sleep of less than six hours has been found to impair vigilance, reduce reaction time and decrease decision-making abilities.

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A night's lack of sleep of less than six hours has been found to impair vigilance, reduce reaction time and decrease decision-making abilities. Increasingly, we are hearing reports of people falling asleep while driving with terrible consequences as they hit unsuspecting people and even endanger their own lives. The latest case is of a Gurugram-based civil engineer, who was arrested for ramming into two men, including a law student, after he fell asleep while behind the wheel. Why your brain craves sleep