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Staying awake while driving, wtf.
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If you do start to fall asleep pull over or take the next exit and give yourself a little rest before continuing on the highway.
One other trick I have is to put my seat in not too comfortable position - like too close to the steering wheel or something. Seems to help.
Another thing that works a little less well is to focus on trying to change the channel on the radio. I'll turn the radio on and try to manually scan semi-constantly until I feel awake enough and find a song that I like, then I'll go back to scanning. This can result in 20-30 minute scan cycles where I keep flipping it, but at least I'm still conscious!
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Sure, die of cancer in 30 years rather than on the roads now.
Podcasts / Audiobooks seem to work really well for me.
Certainly better than hearing the same songs on the radio over and over.
Also Have you thought about the substance professional truck drivers use to say awake?
Seems like a pretty good deal to me.....
A couple of cigarettes a day isn't going to do you too much harm (assuming it is and stays a couple of cigarettes a day) and there's a chance that they will be exactly what the doctor ordered. If we're talking about doctors from the 60's on Marlboro's payroll I guess.
In all seriousness a cigarette will give you a buzz. Effects vary massively from person to person though so it comes down to your own choice. Not forcing OP to do anything, just throwing it out there - it may work for him, it may not.
I don't smoke much but I know long trips are a time when I oft indulge myself because I find the nicotine keeps me perky. Plus the smoking itself gives you something to do as well I guess.
EDIT : Don't smoke with your windows closed though. Smoked-in cars smell rank.
You have one of these in Liam Neeson flavour?
But if you already smoke, then try smoking when you feel drowsy while driving.
This is pretty much true. Sort of.
I always find it funny how people have such a polarizing attitude to smoking, how you're either a smoker or not. Friend or enemy type stuff. I just never really had that stuff ingrained in me as a kid I guess, so it comes off weird when I hear people talking about it like that. Seems like we've gone from drastically under appreciating the danger of cigarettes to well, the complete opposite.
Trying to see if a few cigarettes will keep you awake on a long trip isn't going to get the nicotine bug biting in your head; you can see whether or not it works then make your decision there.
But I'm starting to come off like a bloody tobacco rep at this point so I'll just stop it there.
Actually 1 cigarette a year would make such a minuscule difference to your chances of losing a jaw or a lung compared to the millions of other environmental factors that can cause cancer that it's not even worth taking into account. The area of study is riddled with horrendous manipulation of information on both sides of the debate; but if you look deep enough (especially into the international studies) it becomes clear that a single cigarette is minutely bad for you, and it also depends on what you smoke. There have been studies showing those who smoke a bowl of tobacco in a pipe 3 or 4 times a week live longer than those who don't, and have lower incidences of all non-mouth cancers. Also try bringing some research on Japan up for really interesting reading - the diet over there combined with the fact that smoking is generally done more moderately (5 a day rather than 20) mean that smokers and non-smokers have a much smaller difference in average life span than in the US or Australia.
But truly this isn't the place for this discussion. I will stop here.
EDIT : I don't want this post to be misconstrued as me trying to convince people to smoke because it isn't that bad for you. It is bad for you. It may well one day kill you, it may one day kill me. I'm just trying to point out that there are discrepancies and misinformation on both sides and that anti-smoking organizations can be just as manipulative as their opponents. This is just a personal irk of mine, sorry for bringing it into this thread.
Ohhh... that's right, you dirty slut. Tell me to turn right in 2 miles. Mmmmm. I think I'm going to make you recalculate.
Yes audiobooks help, music doesn't really especially
Doc: That's right, twenty five years into the future. I've always dreamed on seeing the future, looking beyond my years, seeing the progress of mankind. I'll also be able to see who wins the next twenty-five world series.
I tend to just think and talk out loud the entirety of my ride. If I get bored, I'll start to say innocuous things to other drivers, "It's your turn to switch lanes now, sir". It's stupid and kind of ridiculous, but it keeps me awake.
Fixing fuses is like the easiest thing in the world and takes 1 minute
you can try changing your "scanning" pattern up. if you find yourself staring ahead for long stretches of driving, try looking around a bit more at your rear-views, your instrument panel, to the sides. not to the point where you're not paying attention of course, but enough where you're practicing defensive driving AND taking in the sights while you drive.
i've found driving a bit more interesting after noticing weird things like giant cockroach sculptures in front of pesticide companies or, well, hot chicks walking or running.
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Get some screamo music and play it loud with the windows down so you can "scream" along and have an excuse to wig out the people around you at intersections.
Vasoconstriction decreases overall blood flow by increasing resistance, but increases peripheral pressure, guaranteeing perfusion to distal parts of your body. Decreases capillary hydrostatic pressure though, which decreases filtration of blood in capillary nets.
Doesn't matter, though. Your consciousness depends on the blood flow to your brain: cerebral, vertebral, meningeal arteries. Plus cardiac output may increase and mean systemic pressure may increase according to the frank-starling mechanism which will probably even out the steady state to near normal levels despite overall increased blood pressure. That all depends on the reaction of the cigarette nicotine in the heart, where normally nicotine acts on muscarinic receptors by vagal stimulation? Wait... is that right?
In any case, must research further. Will get back on this.
Doc: That's right, twenty five years into the future. I've always dreamed on seeing the future, looking beyond my years, seeing the progress of mankind. I'll also be able to see who wins the next twenty-five world series.
Sounds like a great topic for a research paper, if it hasn't already been done.
A blown fuse is not just an issue to be fixed, it is often (usually) a symptom of a deeper issue that needs to be fixed.
That said, I made a playlist that is about 3/4 upbeat stuff from random genres and about 1/4 of this song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD_QexnZ3oM
Shuffle and play. NO ONE can fall asleep (or stay still and not grin like a retard) while this song is playing. It's just that awesome.
A live version with multiple encores is your best bet. Seriously.
I blew it trying to jump a completely dead battery, frustrated, without making sure it was grounded, it was a total stupidity error on my part.
I know they're simple, I just haven't had time.