Yikes. Chew gum, pinch the lobe of your ear, take a nap.
Your anecdote terrifies me that people may be relying on this shit when they are overtired.
I have a Sprinter van with lane assist for cross country travel. As obnoxious as it is 99% of the time, it has come in clutch a few times when I started to get drowsy and drifted off my lane.
rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Driving when tired enough to drift out of your lane multiple times?
You shouldn’t have a license.
stoy@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
I suddenly got very tired today when driving, and noticed my car drifting out of lane as I was unfocused, I was far from home, didn’t have any snacks or anything.
Luckily I found a place to park soon after, pulled over, and rested for 20 min or so.
Tiredness can come sudden, it doesn’t mean you should loose your license as long as you can deal with it in a safe manner.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 4 days ago
If it happens to someone multiple times and they treat lane assist as a crutch then they are not safe to drive on the road.
The best part is they followed up with this gem so I know they didn’t pull over like you did:
For sure, but when you are driving cross-country you sometimes do not have a choice because there is nowhere to stop.
stoy@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
Fair point.
Zirconium@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I’ve had tiredness come around everytime I try to drive West around 3:30-5:00 when the sun is around setting is the perfect time where it just hits me and the traffic slows to a crawl were the last 10 miles are just hitting myself until I get to class and then Im suddenly fully awake.
danekrae@lemmy.world 4 days ago
it has come in clutch a few times when I started to get drowsy and drifted off my lane.
Respect for sharing your mistakes.
bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 4 days ago
it has come in clutch a few times
Massive disrespect for not learning a thing.
watson387@sopuli.xyz 4 days ago
My 2023 Subaru has lane assist. It was absolutely obnoxious so I turned it off.
JoMiran@lemmy.ml 4 days ago
It turns itself back on every time you restart the van.
Atropos@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I hear you, but a 99% chance of being obnoxious isn’t a great review.
I think I’ll just stick to not driving when tired.
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 4 days ago
That’s easier said than done. You can’t judge your own behavior when impaired because you are impaired. By the time you are aware you are that tired, you’ve already been impaired for a long time.
Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
I apparently have the uncanny ability of being able to sense when I am drowsy. Call up the X-Men
stoy@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
You absolutely can judge your own behavior when you are impaired, I have done that plenty of times and decided that I needed a break when driving plenty of times.
The issue is that you are a worse judge of your own behavior when impaired, so you need to take that into account
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 4 days ago
By the time you realized it you were already impaired. That’s why professional drivers have a schedule. It’s not up to them to decide for themselves that they could go longer.
JoMiran@lemmy.ml 4 days ago
For sure, but when you are driving cross-country you sometimes do not have a choice because there is nowhere to stop.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 4 days ago
“Guess I’ll just drive off the road then!”
Passerby6497@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Unless there’s a safety concern, there’s always the side of the road. I drive 2 lane backwoods roads periodically, and it’s not uncommon to see a car pulled a bit off the road with no visible driver’s seat.