asleep at the wheel vs reckless

asleep at the wheel

adj
  • Synonym of asleep at the switch 

reckless

adj
  • Careless or heedless; headstrong or rash. 

  • Indifferent or oblivious to danger or the consequences thereof. 

How often have the words asleep at the wheel and reckless occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )