When the road is boring and you just have to do stuff

"Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer" (smallbear94)
08/25/2016 at 13:29 • Filed to: None

Of course, I may also have been trying to stay awake by giving myself something to do. Praries suck. I was OK when we hit the curvy bits, so...

DISCUSSION (14)

CB > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
08/25/2016 at 13:32

When I was out there, my girlfriend wanted us to constantly be talking otherwise she’d fall asleep. It’s kind of a real issue.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
08/25/2016 at 13:37

PASS THE INVISIBLE SEMIS

Svend > CB
08/25/2016 at 13:38

I hear that, it’s when you have to start talking louder to keep them alert that you then have to suggest getting out and stretching your legs a little.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > CB
08/25/2016 at 13:44

All the yes. This was earlier in the morning and everyone was napping. I had just woken up a couple hours ago, but I was practically beating my face.

On the way out I had the wheel from about Thunder Bay, and until just inside the Manitoba border (AKA start of the prairies) I was alert. Granted with the help of some wings in a can, but alert. It all went downhill from there... I managed to drag it to within 20-30min of Winnipeg but the monotony got me. Went from wired to the guy bouncing between ditches in under an hour. I don’t recommend it. I’d have switched earlier but everyone else needed their sleep badly too by then and I was trying to give them a chance to grab some before one of them took it.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
08/25/2016 at 13:46

Manitoba is one giant dragstrip.

And if the cops weren’t so tight, I think the roads would be safer... it’s probably the most effective way to stay awake out there

Future next gen S2000 owner > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
08/25/2016 at 13:51

Edit: My post was garbage, went for cancel and hit publish. I must be getting tired.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Svend
08/25/2016 at 13:53

What’s worst is when it goes from this to this in a very short time. At night. When you the copilot go to sleep when it was still interesting because you felt quite alert.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Future next gen S2000 owner
08/25/2016 at 13:53

Try swerving :)

What were you going to say?

Future next gen S2000 owner > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
08/25/2016 at 13:56

Something about the scene in RoadHouse, where the rich guy is swerving, not caring and runs Swayze off the road.

Svend > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
08/25/2016 at 14:06

My arse of a computer won’t load those two links, says there is a problem loading. Never mind.

There has been a couple of times when no matter how hard I suggest pulling over for a while to refresh and the driver simply continues going that I just brace my knees up against the door and centre console and get comfy in my seat.

I’ve done more than enough in my life to not dwell on things not done.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Svend
08/25/2016 at 14:12

Yeah... being stubborn by nature can be handy, but not when you’re driving and getting tired.

Unfortunately, that’s my nature. I know it, but somehow it never sinks all the way in... At least I know the absolute edge well enough. It seems. I just made a snap decision and pulled it up hard on the shoulder before I had a chance to screw anything up. Sound asleep in the back 5min later. Too close for comfort. Don’t reccommend it.

Svend > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
08/25/2016 at 14:17

Personally driving tired is akin to drink driving.

At least with driving tired you can pull over and quickly sort yourself out. I know sometimes tiredness can creep up on you but the air con on cold, loud music till it’s safe to pull over in a safe place, get out and stretch your legs then take a brief nap.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Svend
08/25/2016 at 14:31

Dead right. Worse, if fact, imo. At least at the legal limits.

You can be at or beyond the BAC limit and not feel any worse than usual. In fact, I’d go as far as to say you could be a safer driver than normal, due to the fact that you’re aware of what you’re doing and what the consequences are. I know I’m opening myself up for severe criticism here, but that doesn’t matter. The fact is I’ve been there, and I know I drove slower and left a lot more space around me. Of course that’s as long as you’re “at or near the limit” rather than “shitfaced”.

But sleep? There’s no law against being tired. There’s no proof of it. You can be legally driving a car while being impaired to the same degree as if you’d personally seen to a 375 of Scotch. And as far as behaviour... Let’s get something straight here. I, personally, in unfamiliar territory *tend* to tread lightly re traffic laws and especially speed limits. Also, Manitoba cops have the reputation of snagging people beyond 10km/h over the limit, and I am fully aware of that. Yet in my mind, the logical thing to do was put the pedal down for 125-130 in a 100 zone. It is actually a perfectly reasonable speed, but the circumstances call attention to that behaviour as something very unusual for me.

TL;DR, I, by my own personal observation of actions which I cannot condone re driving, took far more chances while tired than I would after mild drinking.

Svend > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
08/25/2016 at 14:48

I’ve attended car accidents where the driver has been tired and ones where the driver was over the limit. Both outcomes are the same. Accidents caused by tiredness are hard to prove but once you get talking to the driver it eventually comes out that they’ve had a long day and the tiredness just hit them and they were trying to get home before they fell asleep or ‘felt’ dangerously tired to drive (by which point they’ve sailed well past dangerously tired and looking at it in their rear view mirror, if they’re looking).

Driving under any avoidable impairment is wrong for me.

We’ve all gone some over at some points but for me, only when the only person who could get hurt was me.