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  • The PIT
    Super MURCer
    • Aug 1999
    • 11901

    #1

    Driving when tired

    How many of you done it?
    15
    Never always get my rest?
    0%
    6
    Yup and I've fallen asleep?
    0%
    0
    Yup fallen alsleep and got away with it?
    0%
    9

    The poll is expired.

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  • spoogenet
    MURCer
    • Feb 2000
    • 526

    #2
    The trick is to only sleep on the straight aways.

    b
    Why do today what you can put off until tomorrow? But why put off until tomorrow what you can put off altogether?

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    • Wombat
      Super MURCer
      • Aug 2000
      • 9498

      #3
      I did it once, and got into an accident. Never again.
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      • High_Jumbllama
        Super MURCer
        • Dec 1999
        • 4522

        #4
        Yup.

        Fallen well halfway asleep and drove through a red light. It was late at night after working 12 hours after over a week of very long days.

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        • Alec
          MURCer
          • Oct 1999
          • 960

          #5
          None of the above. I drove very tired once or twice but luckily never had an accident.

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          • SteveC
            Super MURCer
            • Aug 1999
            • 3540

            #6
            Originally posted by Alec
            None of the above. I drove very tired once or twice but luckily never had an accident.
            Same here - I've a few times driven to university (around an hour's drive - 50 miles) early in the morning a bit tired, but if I were about to fall asleep I'd pull over!

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            • cjolley
              Super MURCer
              • Aug 1999
              • 7672

              #7
              Sound asleep driving a 64,000 lb concrete pump many times.
              I have a Class "A" license,
              I am (was) a professional.
              Do not try this at home.
              chuck
              Chuck
              秋音的爸爸

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              • Indiana
                Super MURCer
                • Mar 2000
                • 2410

                #8
                Guys, you just have the wrong cars. When I'm driving, there's no chance I'll ever fall asleep....
                But we named the *dog* Indiana...
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                • agallag
                  Super MURCer
                  • Aug 1999
                  • 3201

                  #9
                  I once had a girlfriend who lived 4.5 hours away. Too many weekend trips where I had to drive home exhausted. Luckily I never had an accident, but I did have a couple of close calls. Now whenever I get sleepy I pull over into a rest station and catch an hour of shut-eye before continuing.
                  Lady, people aren't chocolates. Do you know what they are mostly? Bastards. Bastard coated bastards with bastard filling. But I don't find them half as annoying as I find naive, bubble-headed optimists who walk around vomiting sunshine. -- Dr. Perry Cox

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                  • orangejulius
                    MURCer
                    • Oct 1999
                    • 345

                    #10
                    Peppermints are proven to make you more alert.
                    So keep a few <a href="http://www.snopes2.com/sex/aphrodis/altoids.htm">Altoids</a> in your glovebox.

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                    • The PIT
                      Super MURCer
                      • Aug 1999
                      • 11901

                      #11
                      Pulling over is good option but what the hell do you do when you've got no where to pull over and it's illegal to stop ?
                      Long stretches of Motorways in the UK haven't got any resting places and if you went on the hard shoulder you're likely to be squashed by a sleeping lorry driver on a double shift with taco graph removed.
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                      • cjolley
                        Super MURCer
                        • Aug 1999
                        • 7672

                        #12
                        Originally posted by The PIT
                        ...with taco graph removed.
                        What in the world does that mean.
                        chuck
                        Chuck
                        秋音的爸爸

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                        • Paddy
                          Super MURCer
                          • Mar 2000
                          • 6067

                          #13
                          I am not sure if thats quite how you spell it, but the nacho graph is the box that records how far you've driven, at what speed and when ya did it.
                          The Welsh support two teams when it comes to rugby. Wales of course, and anyone else playing England

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                          • Jon P. Inghram
                            Super MURCer
                            • Oct 1999
                            • 3878

                            #14
                            I used to drive a truck OTR... being able to drive while unconsious is a preresiquite.

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                            • agallag
                              Super MURCer
                              • Aug 1999
                              • 3201

                              #15
                              Couldn't you exit the motorway and find a small town or side street where you could stop for a snooze?
                              Lady, people aren't chocolates. Do you know what they are mostly? Bastards. Bastard coated bastards with bastard filling. But I don't find them half as annoying as I find naive, bubble-headed optimists who walk around vomiting sunshine. -- Dr. Perry Cox

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