Falling asleep while driving

[mcruz121]

School was let out an hour early today. It was cloudy (perfect weather for taking a nap). So I'm driving south on Loop 12 in Dallas and I doze off for about 5 seconds. Luckily, I regained focus after hearing a loud scraping noise.

So I get home and realize the damage is not too bad. O well it was a lesson learned. Not a good day for the car, but a touch up on the paint and two trim pieces will fix it.

Also, I need trim pieces (front and rear left panels) PM me please

[Pantless Spency]

LOL pics?
ive almost done it once, scared the shit out of me i parked and took a nap.

[Roysneon]

Damn near happened to me once as in my gf had to grab the wheel. Same conditions as OP, was scary shit.

[EndreM]

I did it a couple of weeks after I got my licence. I drove for 16 hours straight, and i dozed off.
Luckily I woke up by the sound of the tires hitting the stripes on the shoulder. I was doing ~60mph, and it was a 200m drop on the right side.

I'm not that stupid anymore.

[mcruz121]

Yea... Being 17, it was my first "accident"... on the other hand I'm still clean with no tickets :D
Worst part is that of course the part that I doze off on was the 40 yards that didn't have those rumble strips that make noise
you would think the most important place to have those is on a short bridge

[Mike325]

Did this once in the fast lane on the highway. Every blink started to stay closed just a hair longer. Then I hit the rumble strip and was WIDE awake after that. Drove the next 12 miles home in complete alertness.

[slammin.e28]

I never remember the drive into work. Ever.

I fell asleep once for about 10 miles on I81. Straight stretch, knocked out about 9pm coming home from Pa. I roughly know the distance because I remembered the last exit I passed had a chick fil a and I was pissed they were closed in Sundays.

I flipped the fuck out and was wide awake the rest of my trip.

[mtechnik]

I flipped the fuck out and was wide awake the rest of my trip.

That would scare me straight too!

[FunfGan]

Holy hell slammin, thats ridiculous. Glad nothing happened.

[long tall eta]

only nap on roads with rumble strips

[Ceeker]

did it many times...yeah..scary shit indeed...pull over and power nap.

[Joe G]

happened to me once, then hit the rumble strip. Since then if i feel my blinks get just a little bit long i pull over to rest or get a coffee or something similar. Scary shit. Also, if a cop pulls you over NEVER use being really tired as an excuse, you can get yourself into even more trouble.

[mcruz121]

only nap on roads with rumble strips

The road did have rumble strips... just not on the 40 yards that I crossed over onto the service lane

[SimplyDope]

Hold your hand out the window (palm forward) if you're tired. Worked for me (along with a few redbulls) when I drove 23 hours straight.

[Massimo]

Clearly you are not driving fast enough. I never fall asleep cos I am always driving on the edge!