Whether you arrive solo or you come with a mate, we’re teaming up this year
with the Road Safety Commission (www.wa.gov.au) 
to help make sure every WOW Festival wanderer gets there safely! 🚗

This WOW Festival, we are targeting FATIGUE!
Fatigue is the silent killer on WA roads.

Here are some handy tips to help make your trip to and from the festival's events safer:

⚠️When you are driving tired, you can drift in and out of sleep without actually knowing it.
This is called 'micro-sleep', and it can last three to five seconds.
Micro-sleeps are the main cause of fatigue-related crashes.
A micro-sleep of five seconds at 110km/h is like travelling
the length of an Aussie rules football field with your eyes closed.

⚠️ The effects of fatigue when driving can be compared with the effects of drink driving.
For example, driving after being awake for 17-19 hours is equivalent to driving
with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.05. Driving after being awake for 24 hours
is equivalent to a BAC of 0.10. The danger of fatigue driving is real.

⚠️ Fatigue driving does not just occur in remote or regional areas, or with just long-term driving.
Fatigue-related road deaths and serious injuries can also be a risk for metro drivers,
such as shift-workers, those with poor sleep patterns and those balancing
study-work-social commitments. They are all at risk of driving fatigued.















🚘 Factors that can increase your risk of being involved in a sleep-related vehicle crash include:

⚡working a night shift; 
⚡averaging less than 7.5 hours sleep per night; 
⚡poor overall quality of sleep; 
⚡excessive daytime sleepiness; 
⚡frequent night-time driving (especially between midnight and 6am);
⚡use of medications that cause drowsiness;
⚡driving after being awake for more than 15 hours;
⚡driving for extended periods of time;
and
⚡air toxic emissions from new motor vehicle interiors.
 
Check to see if you are experiencing any of these factors and if they are impacting your driving now.

😴 Know the early signs of fatigue to help prevent fatigue-driving!
 
⛔ Early danger signs of fatigue include
💤 wandering thoughts;
💤 missing a gear, road sign or exit;
💤 slowing or speeding up unintentionally;
and
💤 braking too late.
 
⛔ If you are driving, you should get off the road if you...
💤 yawn;
💤 blink more than usual;
💤 have trouble keeping your head up;
💤 notice your eyes closing for a moment or going out of focus;
or
💤 forget driving the last few kilometres.

For more information on how
to stay safe this season,
check out Fatigue.

The WOW Festival is supported by the Government of Western Australia’s
Road Safety Community Grants Program.