![]() ![]() While the person is not driving, he can take the opportunity to have a nap, which saves time on a long trip. Driving with a partner on long trips and switch drivers every two hours or so.Be aware that you will probably be groggy for about 15 minutes after the nap, so wait a bit before setting off on the highway again. If you become drowsy but are not as far as you wanted to go before stopping for a long sleep, consider taking a short nap of about 20 minutes. The National Sleep Foundation advises you take a nap before the drive if you missed some sleep. The foundation advises that the best way to prepare for an overnight drive is to get seven to eight hours of sleep before departure. Drifting from your lane, tailgating, or hitting a shoulder rumble strip.Yawning repeatedly or rubbing your eyes.Trouble remembering the last few miles driven missing exits or traffic signs.Daydreaming wandering/disconnected thoughts.Difficulty focusing, frequent blinking, or heavy eyelids.The National Sleep Foundation, which is directed and staffed by doctors and other health professionals, begins its article titled How To Stay Awake on the Road: Tips To Combat Drowsy Driving with advice on how to know when you’re too tired to continue and need to pull over. The more exhausted you are when you finally get some sleep the less alert you’re going to feel when you get up. ![]() ![]() When you start feeling tired try to squeeze in a quick nap or go to bed early for the night. But I’ve also noticed that if I wait until I’m exhausted to get some sleep I don’t recover nearly as well as I do when I take more frequent naps or go to bed sooner. If you keep pushing on when you’re already tired you know you’re doing something incredibly dangerous. Pull over if you’re tiredĪquila says if you’re too tired to continue, get some sleep. Make it pretty cool, borderline chilly at times. I’ve found it’s nice in the winter cranking up the cab temperature to about 80 just to get rid of the chill in my bones. We sleep best when we’re warm and comfortable. He also advises keeping the temperature cool or even chilly. Some subheads, arranged in a funny way on his blog, state: One or two short naps each day can really help keep you awake and alert for a lot longer.Īquila has some seemingly contradictory advice. It’s amazing what an incredible difference a short nap can make. Then how about a thirty minute nap? Yeah I dig that idea myself. Take a nap before you take offĪfter the heading advising long-distance drivers to Take A Walk or Get Some Exercise is Aquila’s section Take A Nap that says: Aquila and the NSF both also advise getting a good stretch of sleep before setting out-seven to eight hours. Like the National Sleep Foundation, Aquila advises taking a short nap during your trip. Drowsiness is a major cause of automobile accidents.īrett Aquila, a trucker with 15 years on the road when he founded his website Trucking Truth in 2007, has some solid advice in an article he titled “12 Tips to Help Drivers Stay Awake Longer.” Who would know better than a truck driver?įirst we should say that experts on sleep say you should not be driving from midnight to 6 a.m., when you are more likely to become drowsy. We wanted to know how to stay awake on long overnight drives. Experts advise against this, saying you should not be driving from midnight to 6 a.m., when drowsiness is most likely to strike. Truckers and others often drive long distances at night. ![]()
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