Is It Dangerous To Drive In The Morning?

Morning people and night owls need to be careful when they’re driving, and Tara is here to explain why!

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Effects of chronotype and time of day on the vigilance decrement during simulated driving
“The current study tested for the first time the effect of individual differences in circadian rhythmicity (chronotype) on both driving performance and its evolution along time on task.”

A study warns of the risk entailed when night owls -”evening-type” people- drive early in the morning
“Researchers from the University of Granada have shown that individual chronotype—that is, whether you are a "morning-type" or an "evening-type", depending on the time of day when your physiological functions are more active—markedly influences driving performance.”

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[reyjonhsmith]

Makes sense I'm a night person and a bad driver

[indigoburnsss]

These recent videos are just big advertisements. Shaving in space video advertising shaving products, now driving video advertising cars? You guys are becoming a science version of buzzfeed

[tucopacifico]

At least I didn't have to wade through a 30 second ad before the segment.
This was better--a "brought to you by Subaru", then an ad at the end.
People use DVRs and come online to skip the freaking ads. Kudos.

[BRR]

I am the Stig. My driving couldn't be better. 

[rdGenGuy]

A good diver can anticipate things before they happen.
So you can avoid crashes easily by anticipating what people will do.
California is full of insane drivers, so you have to assume the worst about everyone.

[ashleyashleym]

I'm a night owl and a morning person, I'm not a mid day person. I'm a good driver if I'm speeding because I pay more attention to the road, but if I'm going the speed limit, I'ma a bad driver, because I'm either drifting off because of tiredness or boredom.

[kken]

good.
suggestion. can you tune down the Dnews logo sound at 0:13 to 0:14 and turn up the speaking sound a little.
i had to lower the volume of the speaker every time the logo appear and turn back up again to hear your voice in the video ... every single time...

[Poweredbydp]

Awesome! i just found this channel and i love it! I'm an artist/painter and paint all night i love listening to all of you. informative, soothing voices, good pace. great, thanks!

[lilydalbkce]

I'm a morning person and can definitely say 2-3 is probably the most dangerous time to drive. It's not as bad now as when I first got my license but there would be times that I would be driving home from school and could hardly keep my eyes open. In contrast, if I'm driving home post midnight (because... reasons) I am usually okay. It doesn't happen often that I drive after 11PM, probably 20 times in the past two years, but out of those times, there was only once that I could hardly keep my eyes open. I kept blinking in and out of focus and I the volume on my radio was broken so I couldn't turn it any louder. I tried singing along, which usually helps, but this time it didn't. It was a sucky 1.5 hour drive.

[ShawnRavenfire]

There's also the problem of the sun rising or setting directly in front of the driver's field of vision.

[florenceblue]

Isn't it more to do with how much sleep you get, rather than whether you're a morning/night person?

[Javimonotheism]

Wow 29 students!!! That's a very great and well thought of experiment... sigh If they would of used a more diverse group of people with a control group then yeah i'll believe this study. Though sleep deprivation is very  unhealthy for many reasons and it does not surprise me that it also affects driving.

[djtonyfresh]

I am a night owl but I find myself driving well in the morning with little to no sleep, however I have zoned out in the past driving for long distance and not knowing how I got to my destination.

[TheTornado]

Seriously? 29 people should prove something? That's a very very small number to generalize everyone's driving abilities.

[leanderthal-z]

To consider, there may be mist in the morning, also the sun may be at a unfavorable angle.

[Hazel_Gaia]

Im a morning person :3 im always more productive in the morning and get up pretty early on a daily basis (about 7 am). Ive been told by several people im a good driver so Its cool theres a reason behind it.

[ADayOOO]

I used to fall asleep on my commute to class all the time. Scary as hell...

[funnyfailer]

I love getting on my motorbike in the early hours and going for a ride :)

[db-cncq]

How do you find out your chronotype. I'm both a morning and a night person depending on what I have scheduled.

[DirtyPhlegm]

Glad to be a morning person. Long nights actually make me more likely to be depressed