Ahead. First, driving tired can bejust as dangerous as string driving. A recent Online Survey of more than 1100 Junior Doctors, a1 admitted falling asleep behind the wheel following a night shift, so is it time we all woke up to the danger . know of for colleagues who died within my first two years of qualifying. All were driving home after shifts. I have an 11monthold daughter and i continually worry about having an accident. daughter and i continually worry about having an accident. I was driving in the slow lane on the motorway, then woke up in the fast lane. These are genuine testimonies from Junior Doctors currently working in our nhs. from Junior Doctors currently working in our nhs. I almost drove into the back of a lorry when i fell asleep briefly. I also drove up the curb, which woke me up. After seven consecutive nights, ifell asleep driving home and crashed my car into a concrete pillar. In the nhs as it is, there are greater pressures, fewer doctors and it is easy to just k