Tim Phillips Show, 5/27/26

Most Dangerous Driving Distractions ….According to a new survey by Leasetrader.com
Men say:
Road Rage Frustration (18.3%)
Eating/Drinking (14.7%)
Checking Out Other Drivers (10.9%)
Kids in Car (9.8%)
Other Passenger Conversations (9.5%)
Reading Paper (9.3%)
Texting While Driving (7.6%)
Messing With Radio (7.1%)
Navigation (4.2%)
Avoiding Inclement Weather (4.0%)
Shaving (3.2%)
Women say:
Kids in Car (26.3%)
Putting on Makeup (16.6%)
Messing With Radio (10.4%)
Navigation (9.5%)
Avoiding Inclement weather (8.4%)
Other Passengers in Vehicle (7.1%)
Eating/Drinking (6.8%)
Texting While Driving (4.2%)
Reading (3.1%)
In-Car Video (2.5%)
Road Rage Frustration (2.4%)

One-Hit Wonder: AUTOBAHN    KRAFTWERK    #25 in 1975 (Rock N Roll Hall of Fame song)

Progressive-rock band formed in Dusseldorf, Germany: Ralf Hutter (keyboards), Florian Schneider (woodwinds), Klaus Roeder (guitar) and Wolfgang Flur (drums). AWARD: Grammy: Lifetime Achievement 2014.

The album version is 22 minutes long and was intended to reproduce a journey on the motorway. Band member Ralf Hutter recorded the passing cars in the background by dangling a microphone out of his old grey Volkswagen window as it traveled down an autobahn. However, these recordings were not suitable for the song, so they recreated the car sounds using synthesizers.
Autobahn is the German word for a major high-speed road usually linking one or more cities and towns, similar to motorway or freeway in English-speaking countries.

In America, the edited version of this song was Kraftwerk's only hit, but they had many more in the UK. In February 1982, their double-A-side "The Model" and "Computer Love" topped the British charts, making Kraftwerk the first German act to reach #1 in the UK.

How often do you wake up in the middle of the night? It can be frustrating when it happens, but it can also be a normal part of your sleep pattern, according to Dr. Ruchir Patel, who specializes in sleep medicine. But it could be an issue if you wake up more often than average or stay up longer when you do.

So, how often is “normal” to wake up during the night? It all depends on your age. Dr. Patel says these benchmarks are considered normal:

Young adults - one or two times

Middle-age adults - two to three times

Older adults - three to five times

But even if you fall into the “normal” rage for your age group, the sleep expert says you should be able to fall back to sleep within 30 minutes or less. And if waking up at night is interfering with your daily life, sleep medicine specialist Dr. Morgan Soffler advises talking with your doctor because a lot of things can interfere with sleep quality. Reasons people often wake up at night include:

Being majorly stressed - Research shows a lot of people with insomnia tend to have high levels of cortisol, the stress hormone.

Undiagnosed sleep apnea - Signs include snoring, waking up gasping and excessive daytime sleepiness.

Twitchy legs - About 15% of U.S. adults have restless leg syndrome, which tends to be worse at night.

Itchy skin - Eczema itching can also be worse at night, making it harder to fall or stay asleep.

The bedroom is too hot - The National Sleep Foundation recommends sleeping in a cool room between 65 and 68 degrees.

Doomscrolling - It’s not just the blue light from your phone that could keep you awake, but the stimulating content and endless scrolling.

Hormonal changes - During pregnancy, menopause, or just getting older, fluctuations in hormone levels can keep women up at night.⠀

Source: Yahoo Health

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