I’m not a great sleeper, even when I’m in my bed, it’s dark and quiet, and I’m tired, so I’ve never worried about falling asleep at the wheel, but it happened one time. I was around 30 and between marriages. I had gone to a couple back-to-back parties and had been awake 30+ hours. Driving home on the freeway going 70, I got woken up by my tires going over the lane marker dots. I couldn’t have been asleep for more than a moment but it scared the complete crap out of me. I drove home with the window down (it was cold out), the stereo up, and smelling like adrenaline. I’ve never pushed it like that again.
Don’t trust it.Cold or noise won’t help, nor will the adrenaline, nor daylight. You will fall asleep. Been there, done driving my car into a rock wall at just 30km/h. I’m glad I had dropped off the passenger already because the passenger side couldn’t fit a passenger anymore.
For me it’s not falling asleep, but classically getting lost in thoughts. When I’m on medication I think about random things too, but automatically check the street every half a second consciously. If not, it often happens that I suddenly realize the car in front of me has been getting a lot closer since the last time I paid attention to it, which is before I got completely lost with my full mind in a subject. It’s also a lot harder to turn and shift smoothly without meds, as I then do it automatically without even being able to concentrate on it.
Pull over and stop. It’s not worth it.
However, if you decide not to: simply jerk off while driving. It works. 🤷♂️
The flashing lights behind you will keep you awake
Flashing all around
