Falling asleep at the wheel...

Cyanide said:
Surely you must know you're not fit to be driving? What could possibly be so important that you simply can't pull up for an hour for a nap? At the very least stop for a coffee or energy drink and drive with the window down, if you're still feeling sleepy after that your just shouldn't be driving. Serisouly, some people just lack in common sense and consideration for other road users.
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sometimes with the right temp and fuzzy background noise it can come on very quickly.

I remember being in a lecture next to the warm air coming out of the OHP and the hum and in a few minutes went from wide awake to doing that head bob thing were you fall asleep and get woken up by your head dropping.


Tis weird.
 
Tefal said:
sometimes with the right temp and fuzzy background noise it can come on very quickly.

I remember being in a lecture next to the warm air coming out of the OHP and the hum and in a few minutes went from wide awake to doing that head bob thing were you fall asleep and get woken up by your head dropping.

Tis weird.
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So you open a window to get the cold air flowing and if that doesn't help you pull over for a rest before you drop off. It's hardly difficult :confused:
 
To be honest you can start your journey feeling perfectly fresh and end up feeling drowsy due to the monotony of driving so I won't pick on the OP for how it happened.
 
Mat said:
And tell us what you have learned then...?
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It's hard to describe - I noticed before hand my mind was wondering, but as we all know driving (especially down motorways) is so automatic your mind can easily be thinking/wondering about other things. But looking back now, I realise it was that sort of too relaxed, dreamy. Instead of spotting this as a danger sign I ignored it... Really is very hard to describe I'm afraid...

It's never happened to me before (in 20+yrs of driving) but I'm now aware - at least in my case - a danger sign for myself to look out for... But, basically any sign of tiredness, lack of real concentration - Don't risk it...
 
I get ridiculously tired driving on long journeys, particularly on motorways. Even if I am not tired, the repetitiveness and boredom gets to me.

I've had a few close calls before realising I need to pull over and get some sugar in me!
 
But that's in a lecture, where your mind can wander completely... driving at the least, you're always keeping an active watch on everything around you.
 
Cyanide said:
So you open a window to get the cold air flowing and if that doesn't help you pull over for a rest before you drop off. It's hardly difficult :confused:
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You're asleep/completely compromised mentally before you realise it's coming.

It's not like you sit there and go well I'm, about to fall asleep better lock my knees round the wheel and hope for the best!
 
Tefal said:
You're asleep/completely compromised mentally before you realise it's coming.

It's not like you sit there and go well I'm, about to fall asleep better lock my knees round the wheel and hope for the best!
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I agree... To the folk declaring "you're an idiot for getting into that situation", there wasn't really a situation. It wasn't as if I was sleep deprived, been drinking the night before, had a large meal, or driving at night... The only sign I had was what could be described as some drowsyness which I ignored thinking it was nothing - as I'd never really encounted it before (in 20+ yrs of driving). So there was nothing obvious IMHO...

I now realise that any signs of this should certainly NOT be ignored...

Any stupity as such was due to me not having encountered the situation before, and not realising I wasn't as infallable as I thought. Real stupidy would have been (afterwards) to just shake it off and ignore it...


TBH - I thought maybe I should share my experience to make other people realise they're possibly not as infallable as they might think too... Any drowsyness at all... Don't ignore it...
 
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