Crackajack
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I really wanted to be able to make it closer to home, but Ive known people who have fallen asleep at the wheel (fortunately they all survived) and totalled their cars. Even if I have to pull over on I-5 in the emergency lane for a few minutes, I'll do what needs to be done to avoid be a frickin dozydrivin missile.
If you would just quit all that late nightcatting around you could avoid the problem and not worry about it. Nothing good happens after midnight. :lol: I was driving late one night and caught myself dozing. It scared me so bad that the adrenalin kept me awake for the rest of the trip. It is not a good feeling.Crackajack wrote:I really wanted to be able to make it closer to home, but Ive known people who have fallen asleep at the wheel (fortunately they all survived) and totalled their cars. Even if I have to pull over on I-5 in the emergency lane for a few minutes, I'll do what needs to be done to avoid be a frickin dozydrivin missile.
I've pretty much given up on the whole pulling-over to take a nap when driving while tired. If I pull into a rest area, on almost all occasions I have done so I encounter people who feel the need to walk over to my car and look inside... it's very disconcerting to open your eyes and see a person staring at you from outside your car window. I don't let the engine run, so apparently taking a nap in one's car is a foreign concept to most people. My other option would be to pull off on a shoulder, where people aren't as likely to bother me, but there's the unfortunate fact that I don't want another vehicle slamming into the back of mine. I'd rather take my chances and keep moving than provide a target for somone else to drive into.
Er, was that a rant? At any rate, it's over...
If you would just quit all that late nightcatting around you could avoid the problem and not worry about it. Nothing good happens after midnight. :lol: I was driving late one night and caught myself dozing. It scared me so bad that the adrenalin kept me awake for the rest of the trip. It is not a good feeling.
Fortunately for me, it doesn't come on suddenly... I just struggle to keep awake, and it's almost painful to stay conscious. But a +1 on how well adrenaline works to keep oneself awake...PT111 wrote:If you would just quit all that late nightcatting around you could avoid the problem and not worry about it. Nothing good happens after midnight. :lol: I was driving late one night and caught myself dozing. It scared me so bad that the adrenalin kept me awake for the rest of the trip. It is not a good feeling.
Thats exactly what happened to me once. I was only 5-10 miles away from home and was really tired. I rolled the windows down to let in the cold air and was singing to the radio. I blinked once or twice, then I realized my eyes hadn't opened back up from blinking. That shocked me enough to wake me up until I got home. Couldn't fall asleep for another hour or so.
I've used rest stops a few times on my from NC to MN and back. My theory was I'd find a group of cars that looked like they hadn't gone anywhere for a while (snow on the ground helps), then I parked a spot or two away from them. That way I wasn't out in the middle of the parking lot by myself, but I didn't have people constantly parking next to me and walking around. This was before I carried a firearm, but I had a folding knife in my pocket, and a sheathed fixed blade on my lap in my hands as I slept.
ETA: And to bring this back around to OC and firearms, I've often wondered how effective I would be at assessing and then taking action against a threat immediately after waking up. I know even when I have that surge of adrenaline from the alarm clock, I'm not completely coherent.
Well, as for the drinking and shooting situation, DH and HankT had it out a while ago about that...Hmm now I'm thinking about something. We all know guns and alcohol don't mix, just like cars and alcohol don't mix. They've done studies where they put a drunk driver in a safe, controlled environment to show the effects of alcohol on driving. I wonder what would happen if they did the same for firearm usage? For instance, using simunitions, stage a self-defense situation with a person who is drunk, or over-tired. It would be very interesting to see how someone would do. Hell, I'd like to see how I did. It would be good to know my own boundaries.