Sleeping during morning commute gets B.C. driver a ticket (www.castanet.net)

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At about 8:30 a.m. on March 17, a police officer pulled up beside an electric car and observed a driver with her eyes closed and arms crossed while travelling eastbound on Highway No. 1 in Coquitlam in slippery, rainy conditions.

“The driver appeared to be literally asleep at the wheel,” said Cpl. Michael McLaughlin with BC Highway Patrol.

“The driver said that she had ‘zoned out’ but was fully alert with her hands on the steering wheel. In-car police video did not support the driver’s claim.”

A Metro Vancouver woman, 37, was issued a ticket for allegedly driving without due care and attention under section 144(1)(a) of the B.C. Motor Vehicle Act, carrying a fine of $368.

She was also ticketed for speeding against a highway sign under section 146(3) of the Act, with a fine of $138.

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[-] Subscript5676@piefed.ca 12 points 16 hours ago

People always think of Japan and their poor salarypeople, sleeping in the train, missing their stop, and have to be waken up later and hope they aren't on the last train. How sad it is that they have to work so late till night to take a late night train home.

What they didn't think of is that they have a train to sleep in. Not putting aside the sometimes brutal work culture in Japan, but a lot of people can sleep on their way to work and back. Not us.

Had a terrible night and lack sleep? Drive to work. Kids throwing a hissy fit and you're exhausted dealing with em? Drive em to school. Had a busy or terrible day at work? Drive back home.