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ChrisJSY

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Sleeping whilst driving is bad!

Original Thread: http://zilvia.net/f/off-topic-chat/346080-safe-out-there-now-i-will.html

handinpants said:
On sept 14th really early that day at around 12am, I fell asleep while driving and hit a brick wall at 61mph, but my the.grace of god, I survived, I broke my leg and ankle, hit my face hard on the steering wheel causing me to bite off my tongue (it had to be sewn back on), put a gash on my face (which was stitched up) pushed a tooth up into my gums, some how I broke a or some ribs which punctured my lung. The beverly hills pd got to the scene really fast where the beverly hills fire dept used the jaws of life to cut me out of my car. I am one lucky person who is greatful
God spared my life!
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Although the headlightslights in the video look different to the picture.

Videos of the accident, don't worry nothing gory or wrong sounding.



There was a thread maybe a year back on here about sleep related driving accidents and I can understand the overwhelming need to close your eyes and drift off, or things such as "microsleep" but I can't ever see me being in such a position that I'd let myself get to the point of slowly dozing off, closing my eyes, forgetting that I'm in command of a large lump of mass possibly travelling at speed.

I am over simplifying it and I'm sure people who've had this happen to them also thought the same as I am right now. It could happen to me one day unawares. But I've seen people fall asleep sitting upright at a table, or reading a magazine or on their PC typing only a few moments before, is this a health condition or do many people suffer (is suffer the right term?) from falling asleep so easily? I could only wish I'd fall asleep that easy! :D


With evidence and self admittance to the above, I hope that it won't be a clear case of an accident, do you think people should have harsher punishments put on them for driving in such conditions?
Sure he suffered enough from his injuries but he's lucky there were no other vehicles or pedestrians involved.
 
Certainly eye-opening (no pun intended) videos. Amazing how easy this is to do if you're tired. I'm sure we've all been tired at some point when driving, you've just got to remind yourself that your life is not worth it and to get a coffee and some rest.

Glad the accident didn't involve others and he miraculously survived.
 
I've come pretty to close this I'd imagine, second I feel my head getting heavy though I pull over and have a power nap, 30-45 mins kip does wonders.

scary bloody stuff though!
 
It's amazing how quickly it can creep up on you, I had a long day where on the way back I found my eyes drooping, pulled into the next services for a coffee.
 
You've got to wonder if he has some kind of medical condition or is on medication.

Within 90 seconds of starting his journey he has fallen alseep :/

The times I've felt tired at the wheel it builds up, often rapidly, have been in boring situations like 50 mph average speed zones on the M1. Taking a break and getting onto a more interesting stretch of road sorts me out.

Hmm, maybe I'm just applying the wrong standards. I suppose he could have been incredibly reckless and set off while already dropping off.
 
looks like he was sleeping for almost the entire video?

I've driven tired, horrible experience, you don't realise your tired till your slightly drifting off/can't remember the last song on the radio/junction your're at etc. As has been said, pull over, take a sleep!
 
I have to be honest unless that video is edited to make it ten times shorter or he had some sort of fit that guy is an idiot, to fall asleep inside 2 minutes in a bed you would have to be exhausted let alone at the wheel of a car, even if he was on meds he shoulder be driving
 
Something not right there. One minute he is moving through the gears and making a bit of a late night hoon of it. Then literally 30 seconds later he's drifting in and out of micro sleeps and then 2 minutes later falls asleep for long enough to stop tracking the road and crash into a concrete post :confused:
 
I drove from East Lancs to Goodwood and back in the same day. Set off at 3am, got there at 7am, set off home at 5pm and got back about 1am.

About 3/4 miles from home I was concentrating that hard in the fog on the motorway I felt so drained I had to stop about 3/4 times. The fog, lights, epic sunburn and lack of sleep really got to me. I should have got my other half to drive but she was already asleep. If I was in my Type-R I would have been a bit more alert, but the comfy SAAB was just too enticing.

I'll never ever do that again, first and last time and I'll stop and sleep if I have to next time. At least unlike my drink driving ban I didn't learn the hard way like the guy in the OP. Very lucky and odd accident but I know how easily it can happen.
 
In my younger days when I permanently used to be on the road I spent some time on York, then drove up to Liverpool, worked there till late then drove up to Newcastle. Spent the night there and then worked till late. On the way back to London the I started to fall asleep, tried all sorts of things like turn the radio up, eat sweets, open the window, try driving at different speeds but in the end I had to pull off onto a service station and take a kip.

The thing is for me it just crept up on me and I sort of convinced myself I could drive through it, luckily the better part of brain took over and I stopped driving but I can see others maybe just continuing.
 
What was the chances of sticking 2 video cameras onto your car, then falling asleep and crashing into a wall within 1min 30 of recording... lol
 
LiamC said:
What was the chances of sticking 2 video cameras onto your car, then falling asleep and crashing into a wall within 1min 30 of recording... lol
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Thats probably one of those insurance cameras that are becoming more common in America. The record both inside the cabin and the road directly ahead.
 
NathanE said:
Something not right there. One minute he is moving through the gears and making a bit of a late night hoon of it. Then literally 30 seconds later he's drifting in and out of micro sleeps and then 2 minutes later falls asleep for long enough to stop tracking the road and crash into a concrete post :confused:
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Yeah, if i drive late at night i always have the window open.. And if I'm having a play i am certainly awake :eek:
 
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