I’ve had it happen the other way around. Where I’m driving and realize I’m actually asleep and get startled awake because I shouldn’t be driving while sleeping.
I once drove from Atlanta to Indiana after only getting about 4 hours of sleep over 3 days. Down roads so slushy I had to use the wiper fluid regularly and stop to add more twice. I was hallucinating. At one point, I pulled over to a rest stop to sleep for a little bit and a cop made me leave. I have no idea how I made it home.
I once drove to a concert alone (got flaked on) and by the time I left to go home, I had been up for about 30 hours. I had to stop at a random truck stop to take a nap in my car so I wouldn't die.
I hope they don't live in America where driving is essential to do anything (especially work) and where there is shitty public transportation so there really aren't alternatives.
I was young and broke and recovering from a surgery. Went back to work before I was recovered fully. They had me on some good pain meds, but it still hurt sometimes. I went to get gas on my lunch break and some lady at the gas station saw I was in pain and said "here, try one of these" and handed me a pill, which I immediately took.
The ensuing drive was one of the scariest things I've ever done. This was a rural road lots of hairpin turns, which people drive at 50mph riding your ass. No cell service, so I couldn't call someone to come help me. Nowhere to pull over. Literally no shoulder or turnouts, just treeline on one side and short cliff on the other. It was awful. I realized halfway through exactly how out of it I was.
That road was a death trap. Some politician's son eventually died there so they finally widened it and added shoulders and stuff.
37 Comments
Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world · 54 pts · 2y
Happened to me once, one of the most humbling and terrifying moments of my life
RedditRefugee69@lemmy.world · 47 pts · 2y
Hey the brain isn’t fucking with you from this perspective
The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website · 25 pts · 2y
Finally
BoiLudens@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
The circle is complete
Mongostein@lemmy.ca · 38 pts · 2y
I’ve had it happen the other way around. Where I’m driving and realize I’m actually asleep and get startled awake because I shouldn’t be driving while sleeping.
JoeyHarrington@lemmy.ca · 20 pts · 2y
I think that's what's going on in the comic
Mongostein@lemmy.ca · 17 pts · 2y
I read as they were actually driving and fell asleep. I dunno. Maybe you’re right. 🤷🏻♂️
JoeyHarrington@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 2y
My bad. I read your comment as you were driving and fell asleep lol
Mongostein@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 2y
Haha whoa am I driving or asleep right now? Either way I shouldn’t be on my phone!
Klear@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Me too, but I'm still partially asleep. I should probably pull over.
EFZL5NM0@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Nah they're not, you are
MonkderZweite@feddit.ch · 3 pts · 2y
Driving and sleeping vs. sleeping and driving.
Thrickles@lemm.ee · 20 pts · 2y
My favorite Reno 911 intro immediately comes to mind.
https://youtu.be/MYge4RghcNQ
Getawombatupya@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 2y
Simpsons did it
GBU_28@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 2y
So fucking good
DavidGarcia@feddit.nl · 17 pts · 2y
stupid brain always interrupting my well earned rest during my daily booze cruise
ohlaph@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 2y
Good one.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2y
I once drove from Atlanta to Indiana after only getting about 4 hours of sleep over 3 days. Down roads so slushy I had to use the wiper fluid regularly and stop to add more twice. I was hallucinating. At one point, I pulled over to a rest stop to sleep for a little bit and a cop made me leave. I have no idea how I made it home.
macaroni1556@lemmy.ca · 12 pts · 2y
Cop made you leave a rest stop for resting too much?
Driving tired is just as bad (sometimes worse) than driving over the BAC limit!
What a world
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
Yep. Shockingly, the cop was a bastard.
Noodle07@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
They all are
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Indeed.
ricdeh@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2y
I wasn't expecting this, but it's genuinely amazing! Thank you, you brightened my evening
The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website · 7 pts · 2y
Watch out, that's oncoming traffic!
Default_Defect@midwest.social · 13 pts · 2y
I once drove to a concert alone (got flaked on) and by the time I left to go home, I had been up for about 30 hours. I had to stop at a random truck stop to take a nap in my car so I wouldn't die.
Never again.
wreel@lemmy.sdf.org · 14 pts · 2y
I'm glad you stopped.
Default_Defect@midwest.social · 9 pts · 2y
Same. Wasn't my finest hour to put myself in the position in the first place.
NightAuthor@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
Apparently this is super common for people with adhd.
MonkderZweite@feddit.ch · 8 pts · 2y
Sleeping while driving?
Ah, you mean dozing off on monotonous tasks. But it just happens faster than average Joe.
kungen@feddit.nu · 6 pts · 2y
These people shouldn't be driving then.
SasquatchBanana@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
I hope they don't live in America where driving is essential to do anything (especially work) and where there is shitty public transportation so there really aren't alternatives.
NightAuthor@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
Yep, leading expert says he often requires his patients to only drive medicated.
DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 2y
Kim Wexler moment
hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 2y
I had just the other night falling asleep and imagining myself riding a bicycle which woke me up lol
3TH4Li4@feddit.ch · 6 pts · 2y
For me it's always falling down from my bed into an eternal void of nothingness
eclipse@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 2y
Cryophilia@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
I was young and broke and recovering from a surgery. Went back to work before I was recovered fully. They had me on some good pain meds, but it still hurt sometimes. I went to get gas on my lunch break and some lady at the gas station saw I was in pain and said "here, try one of these" and handed me a pill, which I immediately took.
The ensuing drive was one of the scariest things I've ever done. This was a rural road lots of hairpin turns, which people drive at 50mph riding your ass. No cell service, so I couldn't call someone to come help me. Nowhere to pull over. Literally no shoulder or turnouts, just treeline on one side and short cliff on the other. It was awful. I realized halfway through exactly how out of it I was.
That road was a death trap. Some politician's son eventually died there so they finally widened it and added shoulders and stuff.
floppade@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y
Broke half my ribs and punctured my lung like that, no place to pull over in time. Scary shit. Lucky to be alive.