I'm not a great sleeper, even when I'm in my bed, it's dark and quiet, and I'm tired, so I've never worried about falling asleep at the wheel, but it happened one time. I was around 30 and between marriages. I had gone to a couple back-to-back parties and had been awake 30+ hours. Driving home on the freeway going 70, I got woken up by my tires going over the lane marker dots. I couldn't have been asleep for more than a moment but it scared the complete crap out of me. I drove home with the window down (it was cold out), the stereo up, and smelling like adrenaline. I've never pushed it like that again.

[–] emptyother@programming.dev 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Don't trust it.Cold or noise won't help, nor will the adrenaline, nor daylight. You will fall asleep. Been there, done driving my car into a rock wall at just 30km/h. I'm glad I had dropped off the passenger already because the passenger side couldn't fit a passenger anymore.

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

I've avoided even coming close in the thirty years since.

Glad you're okay and didn't kill friends or family.

[–] callyral@pawb.social 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

adrenaline has a smell?

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Just indirectly, really.