Sleepwalk-driving,[1] or more commonly known as sleep-driving,[2] is a rare phenomenon where the person drives a motor vehicle while they are sleepwalking. If stopped by police, sleepwalk-drivers are totally incapable of having any interaction with the police, if they are still sleepwalking during the event.[3] Sleepwalk-driving can occur to people who normally don't experience sleepwalking, since some medications, especially Ambien and Lunesta, can cause sleepwalking as unwanted side effect.[4]
Cases
There has been a case, where a person driving a car, ended up in fatal accident, running over another person, but claimed that he was sleepwalk-driving while the scenario took place.[5]
See also
- Drowsy driving
- Highway hypnosis, an altered mental state in drivers that result in them driving for significant distances, responding to stimuli in the correct manner, but with no memory of the time spent driving