Chilies are seen prepared for drivers to eat at a service station of Yuwu (Chongqing-Wusheng) Expressway in Chongqing, China, 10 March 2009. Police
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Chilies are seen prepared for drivers to eat at a service station of Yuwu (Chongqing-Wusheng) Expressway in Chongqing, China, 10 March 2009. Police in southwest China are spicing up drivers with raw chili in a bid to stop them falling asleep at the wheel, a newspaper said Wednesday (11 March 2009). Police in the Chongqing region have started serving drivers chili peppers at highway service stations, holding to the traditional Chinese belief that people often feel more sleepy in the Spring, the Chongqing Evening News said. Most of the drivers are from neighboring Sichuan, Yunnan and Hunan provinces, where chilies are a local favorite, it added.