HGV drivers warned over consuming energy drinks

Heavy goods vehicle (HGV) drivers and other business drivers mostly consume high level of energy drinks to keep them going for hours on end. Sometimes, these drinks with caffeine in them may be dangerous and it leads to number of road accidents.

Similar to drinking alcohol and driving, warnings have been issued associated to the drivers who consume energy drinks, which have caffeine in them. According to various research studies, after consuming the drinks which are highly caffeinated and sugared, the drivers who were tired, experienced major issues like lapses in concentration and sometimes the over consumption resulted in uncontrollable situations.

Driver’s drowsiness has been the cause for around one fifth of the accidents in UK and it is also responsible for on an average 300 deaths per year. The excessive consumption of caffeine can be similar to alcohol intoxication.Researchers say that, it is better to drink two cups of coffee to ensure alertness when sitting behind the steering wheel.

According to the American Food and Drink Administration (FDA), caffeine intoxication attributes the symptoms such as irritability, irregular or rapid heartbeat, nervousness, rambling speech and muscle twitching.