Can't remember the drive?

merlin · 27 Jun 2006 at 08:56

Does anyone get this problem....

Most days I get to work, park up and I'll be buggered if I can actually remember the drive in to work. It's a complete blank.

Now I may have an excuse as I drive in 8 miles, which takes about 45 mins and I've done the same trip into and out of Birmingham for the last 13 years now, it's mind numbing. Boring, and then some.

Obviously mentally I've totally switched off, maybe thinking about the work I have to do when I get to the office, or listening to the radio or cd etc. Am I still paying attention to the roads if I can't actually remember the drive in?

Sputnik II · 27 Jun 2006 at 08:59

merlin said:
Does anyone get this problem....

Most days I get to work, park up and I'll be buggered if I can actually remember the drive in to work. It's a complete blank.

Now I may have an excuse as I drive in 8 miles, which takes about 45 mins and I've done the same trip into and out of Birmingham for the last 13 years now, it's mind numbing. Boring, and then some.

Obviously mentally I've totally switched off, maybe thinking about the work I have to do when I get to the office, or listening to the radio or cd etc. Am I still paying attention to the roads if I can't actually remember the drive in?

If you haven't had a crash then your probably paying enough attention

L0rdMike · 27 Jun 2006 at 09:09

Im sure you are paying attention but as its pretty unimportant you dont want or need to remember it.

If you saw a car crash and flip over and come flying towards you I bet you would remember.

Axeboy · 27 Jun 2006 at 09:13

Ive had that before.

Its been years since i last had it... it was mainly when i travelled south lots,.

10 minutes would suddenly pass and i couldnt for the life of me remember driving it... passing places etc. Not sleeping as far as im aware. :eek:

mattpc · 27 Jun 2006 at 09:17

Yep happens to me. Nothing to worry about.

Desmo · 27 Jun 2006 at 09:25

Yep, I do that too sometimes. It's quite worrying when you think about it

Confused · 27 Jun 2006 at 09:27

Happens to me too, and not had an accident yet, so I must be paying enough attention to the road, just i don't remember it...!

TinkerBell · 27 Jun 2006 at 09:27

I sometimes switch off when im driving a route im used to, mainly when im coming home, after 10 mins or so of driving i dont remember anything that happened! I also hate it when your not thinking of where your supposed to be going and end up going home when your meant to be going to someone elses house :rolleyes:

rmuir · 27 Jun 2006 at 09:28

happens all the time, ive got a 16 mile drive on a boring a-road which is always crawling with tractors, hgv's so i just plod @ about 65, at least once a week i get to work/home sometimes both legs and for the life of me i cannot remember the drive, almost like it hasnt happened.

Firestar_3x · 27 Jun 2006 at 09:32

Yep i get this sometimes, get home and i can't remember what happened on the road all i know is that i'm home and i used a car.... :eek:

DannyDan · 27 Jun 2006 at 09:39

Yup, I get that

TinkerBell said:
I also hate it when your not thinking of where your supposed to be going and end up going home when your meant to be going to someone elses house

And that too

lordrobs · 27 Jun 2006 at 09:40

I get this daily, especially on the 'Acle Straight' a 7.2 mile stretch with a single bend about 1/3 of the way along. Tend to poodle along at 40 in traffic on a good day. Most of the time I can't remember the bend

Simon · 27 Jun 2006 at 09:46

merlin said:
Now I may have an excuse as I drive in 8 miles, which takes about 45 mins

Not a nice drive then I take it, get a pushbike

merlin · 27 Jun 2006 at 09:49

Simon said:
Not a nice drive then I take it, get a pushbike

A pushbike? At 8am? In Birmingham?

I want to die in my sleep, not on the Hagley road under a Ford Mondeo.

ScoobyDoo69 · 27 Jun 2006 at 09:52

merlin said:
A pushbike? At 8am? In Birmingham?

I want to die in my sleep, not on the Hagley road under a Ford Mondeo.

or under my mudflaps

Sagalout · 27 Jun 2006 at 09:57

Are you guys getting enough sleep?!

Its only ever happened to me once. I worked 20 hour days 3 days in a row. By the third day my system was running on pure caffeine. I drove to a job and couldnt remember getting there - the memory was totally blanl. I also started to lose the power of cohesive speach (I sounded a bit like I was drunk the mrs told me).

Apart from that time I cant say I ever get to work and cant remember the journey/junctions etc. :confused:

TinkerBell · 27 Jun 2006 at 09:57

merlin said:
A pushbike? At 8am? In Birmingham?

I want to die in my sleep, not on the Hagley road under a Ford Mondeo.

Haha so true!!

L0rdMike · 27 Jun 2006 at 09:58

TinkerBell said:
Haha so true!!

Not under a drifting MR2 then?

TinkerBell · 27 Jun 2006 at 10:00

L0rdMike said:
Not under a drifting MR2 then?

Only yours! But since your not usually in birmingham, its less likely

SoliD · 27 Jun 2006 at 10:11

Happens in everything in your life, once it is familiar your brain will see it as a task that you do subconsciously, just like shopping and you pick up a tin of beans automatically and everything else you buy regularly, but you will look at products you dont buy as you need to make a decision consciously about it.