Consumer Reports … suggests Ambien, expected to be available in generic form in October in the United States, as a "best buy," despite reports of Ambien-linked sleepwalking, sleepdriving and sleepeating — including a claim by a Democratic congressman who took Ambien before crashing his car in May.

The Aug. 2 Metro article "Sleeping Va. Driver Convicted in Crash; Man Had Taken Too Much Ambien" substitutes sensationalism for fact. As far as I know, the incidence of people "sleepdriving" has not increased with the introduction of Ambien and there is no evidence that one causes the other.

Kuntz said witnesses told Lancaster police they had observed the van's driver sleepdriving shortly before the accident.