You guys have obviously never worked long hours/night shifts at a physically and/or mentally demanding job. I've dozed off at the wheel quite a few times after night shifts. It has been very hard sometimes to keep my eyes open - and I only live a 5-7 minute drive from my work.

And yeah it's scary as fuck.

Luckily I can say that I've never dozed off behind the wheel, not even for a second. I don't always sleep that much, and I'm often the driver after a night of clubbing. I've been asked many times how I do that, working by day, then heavy clubbing and driving one hour back.

A one hour drive in Holland is considered pretty far, though it would be considered peanuts in any other country I guess, especially in the US.

Also, like Lira, I can't sleep if I'm not lying down.

It never happens to me, because i'm not a dick that drives impaired, and being too tired to drive fits that mold.

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yeah unfortunately i've done this a few times. it is very scary. it's only happened to me when i'm exhausted and sleep deprived (i.e. up for 36 to 48 hours etc), but it's something i don't plan on doing it again. i've had a couple of close calls where literally i feel myself completely nod off and then come to...

never again.

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Originally posted by Miss Pie You guys have obviously never worked long hours/night shifts at a physically and/or mentally demanding job. I've dozed off at the wheel quite a few times after night shifts. It has been very hard sometimes to keep my eyes open - and I only live a 5-7 minute drive from my work. And yeah it's scary as fuck.

I've worked all kinds of crazy hours and have had numerous instances of when I was actually really tired and had trouble staying awake...but this was during a normal after noon, after a full nights rest. I wasn't struggling to stay awake at all - I was just driving along and all of a sudden my eyes just gave way :/

I've only ever done a complete doze-off while driving once, and I was lucky because I was stopped at a red light. I couldn't have been asleep for more than 10-20 seconds, and then the engine of the car next to mine woke me up when it accelerated on the green.

I've driven really long hours (Toronto ON to Appleton Wisconsin) and come to the point where the road starts wavering and my head starts doing the bounce. When I've reached that point in the past I stop at the next available parking lot and sleep for an hour.

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It didn't happen to me yet, but I can imagine. When you really get tired stopping for like 10 minutes can help, my dad used to do that when he got tired while driving to customers. Problem is you need to recognize that point. Easier said than done I'm afraid.

Also I can image it's scary as a posted a vid in this thread recently of a Russian woman falling asleep on her scooter:http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...s=#.UFYoNkkn0uM

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Originally posted by tubularbills I've worked all kinds of crazy hours and have had numerous instances of when I was actually really tired and had trouble staying awake...but this was during a normal after noon, after a full nights rest. I wasn't struggling to stay awake at all - I was just driving along and all of a sudden my eyes just gave way :/

Ah ok, yeah that's super weird. Perhaps you need to get your eyes rechecked? Maybe you need a new eyeglasses prescription?


edit: On the same lines, I know many nurses who have been pulled over for speeding after night shifts and didn't get tickets because the cops saw their scrubs/work badge, and they were like "I'm sorry, I just got off nights/am super tired." Heh.

Uh, that guy is a fucking moron. Shouldn't have moved that chick after an injury like that.