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Post by nodepression on May 18, 2011 13:01:08 GMT -5
This may seem like an obvious thing, but if you're starting to fall asleep at the wheel while driving back from Roo, get to a rest stop and take a nap. I almost died last year while trying to power through the trip back home Sunday night. The road started looking like this,
Post by nature boy on May 18, 2011 13:28:30 GMT -5
If your eye lids get heavy or you find your head bobbing, just pull over and take a nap. I took three unplanned offroad trips before driving tired sunk in as a bad idea.
Hobo's, murderer's, AND rapist's! Where do I sign up?!?
Maybe it's just me but I would never pick up a hitch hiker if I were alone.
As far as sleeping at a rest stop. Last year we stopped at one in Kentucky and took an awesome nap under a tree on our sleeping bag. When we woke up we were surrounded by about 50 other bonnaroo people sleeping under the trees. I thought it was neat.
Here's a helpful tip: if you're worried about falling asleep while driving, kill two birds with one stone and pick up a hitchhiker! That way, you have someone to take the wheel when you get sleepy, AND you're helping out a fellow human being!
Hitchhiker: You heard of this thing, the 8-Minute Abs?
Ted: Yeah, sure, 8-Minute Abs. Yeah, the excercise video.
Hitchhiker: Yeah, this is going to blow that right out of the water. Listen to this: 7... Minute... Abs.
Ted: Right. Yes. OK, all right. I see where you're going.
Hitchhiker: Think about it. You walk into a video store, you see 8-Minute Abs sittin' there, there's 7-Minute Abs right beside it. Which one are you gonna pick, man?
Ted: I would go for the 7.
Hitchhiker: Bingo, man, bingo. 7-Minute Abs. And we guarantee just as good a workout as the 8-minute folk.
Ted: You guarantee it? That's - how do you do that?
Hitchhiker: If you're not happy with the first 7 minutes, we're gonna send you the extra minute free. You see? That's it. That's our motto. That's where we're comin' from. That's from "A" to "B".
Ted: That's right. That's - that's good. That's good. Unless, of course, somebody comes up with 6-Minute Abs. Then you're in trouble, huh?
[Hitchhiker convulses]
Hitchhiker: No! No, no, not 6! I said 7. Nobody's comin' up with 6. Who works out in 6 minutes? You won't even get your heart goin, not even a mouse on a wheel.
Ted: That - good point.
Hitchhiker: 7's the key number here. Think about it. 7-Elevens. 7 dwarves. 7, man, that's the number. 7 chipmunks twirlin' on a branch, eatin' lots of sunflowers on my uncle's ranch. You know that old children's tale from the sea. It's like you're dreamin' about Gorgonzola cheese when it's clearly Brie time, baby. Step into my office.
My sister and I drive to Oregon once or twice a year, and we always try to drive straight through (30+ hours). Last time we had to pull over onto a semi chain-up area on the side of the freeway in the mountains to sleep. Being that tired is the worst feeling ever.
NoD, that's some scary stuff - glad to hear you're okay.
Definitely make use of the highway rest areas if you feel the need - and that goes double for those of you traveling solo. Coffee, Red Bull, 5-Hour Energy are fine, but remember that they're a crutch, not a cure. Most of us have long trips back home, and combined with the fact that we've been burning the candle at both ends all weekend, it can quickly become quite dangerous out there.
On our first trip down in '08 I was starting to nod off and my son quickly picked up on it and took over driving. I hate to think of what could have happened. Now we always have three in the car and the rule is to have two awake while one sleeps. If you can't arrange that then make sure you pull over and nap. It's amazing what even an hour of sleep will do for your drowsiness.
NoD, that's some scary stuff - glad to hear you're okay.
Yea, around Louisville I dozed off and went across a lane of traffic into the median. I woke up with the rumble strips so I was able to pull the car off fast enough so that I only grazed it, but if there was more traffic I would have gotten in a pretty bad wreck.
NoD, that's some scary stuff - glad to hear you're okay.
Yea, around Louisville I dozed off and went across a lane of traffic into the median. I woke up with the rumble strips so I was able to pull the car off fast enough so that I only grazed it, but if there was more traffic I would have gotten in a pretty bad wreck.
Luckily, with a four person car load, we have a system that hasn't failed us yet. Two sleep, two stay awake.
I've done the rumble strip alarm clock before (in upstate NY in the Adirondack Mtns, not the best place to go guardrail smashing) and it scared me enough that if I even think I'm too tired to drive I'll pull off the road.
And for those people who just say "I'll get a coffee and be fine" the crash from each successive caffeinated drink is worse and worse. Good thread, NoD.
Here's a helpful tip: if you're worried about falling asleep while driving, kill two birds with one stone and pick up a hitchhiker! That way, you have someone to take the wheel when you get sleepy, AND you're helping out a fellow human being!
Probably the nicest thing I have ever heard you say... I doubt you're serious.
Post by itchicoopark on May 19, 2011 15:25:03 GMT -5
I nodded off twice last year on I75 heading north through Ohio. First time I faded into the lane on my left and bumped an SUV. We got off at the next exit, called the cops and exchanged insurance info. After the cops left I got myself a big cup of coffee and I got back on the road and about 45 minutes later I woke up driving on the grassy median between NB and SB I75. Surely God was with me. I got back up to the shoulder of the road and got off at the next exit and got a motel and crashed there.
