华盛顿州巡警在I-5瑟斯顿县路段开展疲劳驾驶重点巡查
10月22日，华盛顿州巡警（WSP）商用车辆部门在瑟斯顿县境内5号州际公路100至111英里牌路段，开展针对商用车驾驶员疲劳驾驶的重点巡查。州巡警与商用车辆执法官在巡查中观察驾驶员是否有疲惫迹象，同时查处其他交通与设备违规行为。
州巡警表示，疲劳会显著影响驾驶员的警觉性、判断力、注意力和反应时间，严重疲劳足以损害安全操作商用车辆的能力、增加发生严重碰撞的风险；与许多道路隐患不同，疲劳是可预防的——驾驶员认清征兆、及时停车休息即可避免。据美国国家公路交通安全管理局数据，2024年全美近650起交通死亡事故与疲劳驾驶有关。
此轮重点巡查自10月7日开始、每月进行两次，后续日期为11月3日、24日及12月2日、15日；州巡警希望借此提高商用车驾驶员对疲劳驾驶危害的认识，促使其在疲劳影响驾驶能力之前作出安全决定。
Washington State Patrol Runs Fatigued-Driving Emphasis Patrols on I-5 in Thurston County
On October 22, the Washington State Patrol's (WSP) commercial vehicle division conducted a fatigued-driving emphasis patrol on Interstate 5 between mileposts 100 and 111 in Thurston County, watching commercial drivers for signs of exhaustion while also enforcing other traffic and equipment violations.
The patrol said fatigue significantly degrades alertness, judgment, attention and reaction time, and severe fatigue can compromise a driver's ability to operate a commercial vehicle safely and raise the risk of a serious crash. Unlike many road hazards, fatigue is preventable when drivers recognize the signs and stop to rest. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, nearly 650 U.S. traffic deaths in 2024 were related to drowsy driving.
The emphasis patrols began October 7 and run twice a month, with further dates on November 3 and 24 and December 2 and 15. WSP hopes the patrols will raise commercial drivers' awareness of the dangers of fatigue and prompt them to stop before it affects their driving.
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图片来源：图：华盛顿州境内的5号州际公路。摄影：Dougtone，CC BY-SA 2.0（Wikimedia Commons）。Photo: Interstate 5 in Washington. Photo by Dougtone, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons).
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