https://xkcd.com/2932

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This PSA brought to you by several would-be assassins who tried to wave me in front of speeding cars in the last month and who will have to try harder next time.

  • RockyBass@lemmy.worldEnglish
    17·
    6 months ago
    1. Drive sober
    2. If you’re even remotely tired, you’re attention and reaction time is impacted more than you realize
    • Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      5·
      6 months ago

      really good point. Sleep on your friend’s couch, get a motel room, sleep in your car in a Walmart parking lot… Just don’t drive when you’re tired

    • pantyhosewimp@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
      5·
      6 months ago

      Example warning!

      This is from real life.

      I hit the road late in the afternoon after working most of the day. It was a 14 hour drive. I had to be there as soon as I could. With my own car. Getting to my mom when Dad died.

      I pushed myself so much that I got so tired that I kept missing the freeway exits. I was desperate to pull over and go to sleep but I was also so exhausted that I kept driving past the turn offs unintentionally. A nightmarish feeling being in that situation. I only managed to make it by going turtle slow and then turning off at the next exit, and once on a regular road I just pulled over on the shoulder and fell instantly asleep.

      I was 31 and physically fit. The point is, assume you are more tired than you think you are. Take it easy on yourself. Be cautious. If I had hurt someone I couldn’t live with myself.

      • 3ntranced@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        6 months ago

        Been driving between Chicago to Houston in single shot trips the past few weeks while relocating. Only 25 and can still stay awake for a good 42 hours or so before I collapse, but mix in the hypnotic highway constantly running past/the car vibrations and it’s a different story.

        So I always stop for coffee to make sure im mentally present before hoping on I45.