How to combat sudden sleepiness while driving
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by ruudhompsor, Dec 17, 2017.
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Limit your coffee to 2 mugs per shift and don’t drink any the last 2.5 hours so you can sleep after your shift. Take breaks as often as you need to and get out of the truck and do a few laps around the truck. If you flat out cannot drive anymore then don’t. I was saved by the rumble strips a couple times my first year because I pushed too hard. I have been doing this for 2 1/2 years at this point and I don’t nod off anymore but I know my limitations.
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be stop at a rest area and take a power nap they work wonders.ruudhompsor Thanks this. -
I just get out of truck and get my blood flowing... Push ups a Sprint from one end of truck stop and back (unless it's a big ol Petro then not that far) anything get that blood flowing. Your mind is not being kept entertained and your body is in a relatively restful state (not moving around sitting there not doing much when on big highways)
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Obviously like the others have posted, get some sleep. During some very long drives I've had to make I find that listening to something different on the radio will help. Things like Raw Dog Comedy seem to hit my brain in a different spot and I find it helps a lot. Whatever you do just stay safe out there.
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I had trouble with those at 21. Get up grab a seacan at 2 am Baltimore run DC rush to Norfolk sit and wait all #### day and half the night. Started popping pills. A whole box even. One day the mind went to sleep with eyes open on 95 putting lives at risk.
Took 6 months to clear it out of the system and changing to something else, with a sleeper solved the problem I had in those days.
What I do is call dispatcher. WOT? *&^% bothering me tongiht wots matta you!? And a little back and forth preferably with lost temper clears the cobwebs right quick for me. If you think Dispatch has had enough of that, you tell it to the trees.ruudhompsor, aussiejosh and NavigatorWife Thank this.
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