Drowsy driving startled me enough that if I am too tired, I don't go ... I either take a nap first or stay over another night. It's not worth the risk, for me, and certainly not worth taking a chance of killing someone else because of my own selfish desires to "get home".
I saw a news clip this morning about stats on "drowsy driving". I have to admit, it has happened to me. Like they said, we all think we can "out run" our fatigue and get to our destination. It only takes a second, and it could end in disaster or death. The only reason I am aware it happened to me is that when I veered over into the other lane, the car I was headed for saw me swerving, honked at me - startled, of course, it woke me up. I immediate pulled over and took a short nap. I wish I knew who that person was so I could thank them for saving what may have been, both of us! The man who did the story actually stayed up 32 hours, was then "hooked up" for monitoring. While he was driving on the highway, he only remembered nodding off twice when, in reality had nodded off many more times than that. It is scary. We always think we will not be a statistic - well, maybe not, but we're putting other people at risk, too!
Drowsy driving startled me enough that if I am too tired, I don't go ... I either take a nap first or stay over another night. It's not worth the risk, for me, and certainly not worth taking a chance of killing someone else because of my own selfish desires to "get home".
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