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dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

Rules of the road:

Be predictable
Nobody else is predictable
Everyone is indifferent to your existence; you are merely a car to them
Your phone wants to kill you - leave it alone
The faster you go, the less of a difference 5mph makes - be safe, not fast
FFS maintain your damn car

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RockyBass@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Drive sober

If you’re even remotely tired, you’re attention and reaction time is impacted more than you realize
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- pantyhosewimp@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Example warning!
  
  This is from real life.
  
  I hit the road late in the afternoon after working most of the day. It was a 14 hour drive. I had to be there as soon as I could. With my own car. Getting to my mom when Dad died.
  
  I pushed myself so much that I got so tired that I kept missing the freeway exits. I was desperate to pull over and go to sleep but I was also so exhausted that I kept driving past the turn offs unintentionally. A nightmarish feeling being in that situation. I only managed to make it by going turtle slow and then turning off at the next exit, and once on a regular road I just pulled over on the shoulder and fell instantly asleep.
  
  I was 31 and physically fit. The point is, assume you are more tired than you think you are. Take it easy on yourself. Be cautious. If I had hurt someone I couldn’t live with myself.
  
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- Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  really good point. Sleep on your friend’s couch, get a motel room, sleep in your car in a Walmart parking lot… Just don’t drive when you’re tired
  
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Maggoty@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
to expand on number 5, drive the flow speed! If traffic is moving at 55, yeah that sucks but you’re not going to make up more than a minute of so by speeding through them. And if traffic is doing 75, don’t do 55 unless you’re desperately low on gas. The savings from not maneuvering so much are huge. (Unless you’re driving EVs, they have constant power instead of gears and RPMs. Which is why they should be far more clearly marked.)

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- dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  This goes especially for EVs. Wind resistance really chews up your power budget once you’re above 55mph or so. May as well run the heater with the windows down at that point.
  
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