#ICYMI: June’s drowsy driving focus in a nutshell

June brought the return of our drowsy driving spotlight, which highlights the serious public health safety threat caused by falling asleep at the wheel.

In June, SHC contributed its annual focus theme on falling asleep at the wheel. Here’s a recap, #ICYMI:

• Let’s talk about drowsy driving in June (Jun 1)
• The 50 States of Drowsy Driving: A Pinterest curation (Jun 5)
• Drowsy Driving spotlight: The infamous SHC “hit” list returns (Jun 13)
• Sleep Health Watchdog: Check out these change agents for drowsy driving prevention (Jun 14)
• This is what a microsleep looks like. Bravo to Rhea Seehorn for capturing it! (Jun 21)
• From the American Sleep Apnea Association: “The fallible Tiger Woods” (Jun 24)
• Just say no to Drowsy Driving: A multimedia tool kit for activists (Jun 27)
• Infographic: Cleanup on Highway 17! Unusual drowsy driving crashes (Jun 28)
• Sleep matters… even while on vacation. (Jun 28)
• Controversial ideas in Sleep: Driverless cars… Yay or Nay? (Jun 30)

Please note other relevant posts on the subject you might have missed prior to the June series, as well:

• Need a ride? Make sure the driver isn’t sleep deprived (Jan 24)
• What is drowsy driving, anyway? (Nov 28, 2016)
• MAY 2016 SPOTLIGHT: Drowsy Driving (May 13, 2016)
• DROWSY DRIVING AWARENESS WEEK: This poster is aimed at night shift workers. You probably know a shift worker. Read more. Learn more.  (Nov 3, 2015)
• Today is Drowsy Driving Awareness Day in California: How sleep apnea fits into this concern, and why we should ALL be observing this day (Apr 6, 2015)
• Are you accident prone? The potentially deadly link between insomnia and accidents of all kinds (Mar 22, 2015)
• Tracy Morgan Takes on Wal-Mart (Oct 2, 2014, with updates in Jun 2017)