You must have heard of deaths due to sleep while driving AC in the car. The AC which people use for rest, sometimes they become enemies of their lives. Recently, in Indirapuram, Delhi, a person slept in his car at night and slept in the morning. Investigation revealed that he did not get enough oxygen at bedtime. It is important to know why people die from sleeping by driving AC in the car.
Incidents of AC - deaths have increased in recent times, whether it is AC blast or a car suffocated in the car. Sleeping in the car can prove to be extremely dangerous. There are many reasons behind this which can make it fatal.
When the AC is closed in the car, the air is recycled overnight. In this process, the carbon dioxide emanating from our body is found in the air, causing it to become fatal. Increasing the amount of carbon dioxide causes lack of oxygen, causing a person to suffocate.
If there is a malfunction in the car’s engine or exhaust system, running AC in a closed car can leak carbon monoxide. This gas is highly toxic and does not have any color or smell, which makes it difficult to detect its leakage. This gas goes into the body and joins the hemoglobin, due to which oxygen does not reach other parts of the body and the person dies.
Many times people close windows and doors at bedtime in the car, causing the temperature of the car to rise rapidly and the person has suffocating problems. Recently, the life of a small girl in Kota lost this reason. If the car windows are completely closed, the outside air does not come in, causing the car to become like a closed container. In this situation, running or not running AC does not matter and a person may die due to suffocation.
