Posted on 04/24/2020 11:15:22 AM PDT by conservative98
A New Jersey driver crashed head-on into a pole — after passing out from wearing an N95 mask for hours, police said Friday.
Lincoln Park Police believe that the driver, who was not named, lost consciousness while behind the wheel Thursday from lack of oxygen and breathing in excessive carbon dioxide thanks to the mask, the department wrote on Facebook.
“The LPPD responded to a lone occupant single car motor vehicle crash yesterday. The crash is believed to have resulted from the driver wearing an N95 mask for several hours and subsequently passing out behind the wheel due to insufficient oxygen intake/excessive carbon dioxide intake,” the cops wrote.
“We also know that nothing was uncovered at the accident scene that would suggest that the driver was under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
“While we don’t know [the cause] with 100% certainty, we do know that the driver had been wearing an N95 mask inside the vehicle for several hours and ultimately passed out while operating the vehicle,” the department said.
Police told residents that while they should continue to follow Gov. Phil Murphy’s guidelines for wearing face coverings in public, wearing an N95 mask while driving with “no other occupants is unnecessary.
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I see these idiots out driving every day alone or with their family members and I wonder if they wear the masks 24/7. I am also amused by people out walking by themselves wearing masks as if they believe the very air outside is infectious.
The N95 mask makes it difficult to inhale due to its restrictive nature. It has a check valve that makes it easy to exhale. That means that it only protects the wearer from others. Because of the check valve, it does NOT protect others from any illness in the wearer. Because of this, it does not even meet the objective of the mandate to wear “a mask”.
The point about breathing carbon dioxide is nonsense. The wearer breathes the air around him. The mask restricts incoming droplets, not air.
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