The improvement of the road network and the development of comfort and driveability grow more and more people to move and to undertake long journeys . The situation is particularly acute for professional drivers ( truckers, bus drivers ) , which combine sleep deprivation and the failure of biological rhythms .
This is causing an increasing number of accidents due to fatigue and loss of alertness at the wheel who are responsible for 30% of deaths on motorways in France .
Sleep disorders and driver's license
The decree of May 17, 1997 includes for the first time in the list of incompatible physical disabilities with obtaining or maintaining the license , the pathology of sleep and vigilance disorders .
Permits for the group of light vehicles, a temporary compatibility may optionally be accepted if the state of vigilance , medical monitoring and treatment outcomes assessed by the medical board are satisfactory.
For driving licenses for heavy vehicles and motor carriers , incompatibility is complete , unless the opinion of the Committee of the license when the treatment is effective .
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