Sleep driving

{{Short description|Rare sleep phenomenon}}

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Sleep driving,{{cite book|last=Sobo|first=Frank|title=Crumpet Strumpet|year=2004 |publisher=Nightengale Press|isbn=9780974334837 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3aGefVlUPbkC&dq=%22sleepwalk-driving%22&pg=PA179|access-date=10 July 2022}} also known as sleepwalk driving,{{cite web|last=Roman|first=Frank|title=Why Sleepwalk When You Can Sleepdrive| website=Thefreelibrary.com|publisher=|date=22 September 2012|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Why+sleepwalk+when+you+can+sleepdrive.-a0324983170|access-date=10 July 2022}} 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.{{cite journal|last=Pressman|first=Mark R.|title=Sleep driving: sleepwalking variant or misuse of z-drugs? |journal=Sleep Medicine Reviews|date=2 March 2011|volume=15 |issue=5 |pages=285–292 |doi=10.1016/j.smrv.2010.12.004 |pmid=21367628 |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21367628/|access-date=10 July 2022}} Sleepwalk-driving can occur to people who normally don't experience sleepwalking, since some medications, especially zolpidem and eszopiclone, can cause sleepwalking as unwanted side effect.{{cite news|last=Woodbury|first=Emily|title=You've heard of sleepwalking, but what about sleep-driving?|newspaper=Rv Travel|publisher=|date=18 August 2021|url=https://www.rvtravel.com/youve-heard-of-sleepwalking-but-what-about-sleep-driving/|access-date=10 July 2022}}