RD's keep me awake...

[srtga]

I used to commute to work about 60 miles each way 3-4 times a week and I had trouble nodding off on the final stretch home. Sometimes it would scare the HE!! out of me!

Now that I have all this beeping, talking stuff in my car I can't recall the last time I had the "nods". Tired a lot, yes, but not nodding behind the wheel.

Interesting because I now drive a LOT more than I used too...

[stlcardsfan]

If you have trouble with nodding off then I don't recommend the 9500ix.

[srtga]

I'm not sure it's the beeping that keeps me awake. I used to nod on the last 10-12 miles from home and it's a pretty quiet area...

Maybe it's just having something else to pay attention too?

[Doc What, son?]

I used to commute to work about 60 miles each way 3-4 times a week and I had trouble nodding off on the final stretch home. Sometimes it would scare the HE!! out of me!

Now that I have all this beeping, talking stuff in my car I can't recall the last time I had the "nods". Tired a lot, yes, but not nodding behind the wheel.

Interesting because I now drive a LOT more than I used too...

It may or may not be interesting to know that we have a ... I think it's called a sleep cycle -- not just the night time one (REM/deep sleep, or is that REM, ROM, RAM?)...

But a day time cycle of alertness/tired-sleepiness. The trough in the cycle just happens to correspond to the afternoon rush hour time.

Ever notice how a brew at after work "happy hour" (5 to 6pm) has more of a subjectively intoxifying effect at that time of the day, where as the same brew on the same empty stomach, more or less, has less impact at, ohh, 3:30 or 7pm? I've noticed.

The effects of alcohol are subjectively amplified, even if blood alcohol is the same. If I recall correctly.

The sleepiness you feel at the end of the day is aggravated if you're in, like most people, a chronic state of sleep deprivation.

What to do?

Turn up your radar detector.

Really truly get 7 hours sleep if you can.

Have a siesta for 30 mins at work, if you can get away with it.

Or at the end of the day, before you drag yourself home.

Hope that helps.

[snoopyc4]

If you have trouble with nodding off then I don't recommend the 9500ix.

X2 Truelock will put you to sleep

[stlcardsfan]

*waits for zombie to crack joke..."until you hear sirens after you lock a cop out"*

[chop]

dude this happens to me all the time before i got my RD. nowadays im awake cuz im constantly paying attention to it. i have a 200 mile round trip DAILY for work. starts at 6am and ends at 430pm when i finally get home. it sucks.

[KahneFan]

dude this happens to me all the time before i got my RD. nowadays im awake cuz im constantly paying attention to it. i have a 200 mile round trip DAILY for work. starts at 6am and ends at 430pm when i finally get home. it sucks.

Pretty good for a 200 mile round trip. I had a 40 mile round trip that I would leave at 6:30 AM and not get home until 7:00 PM. And that was about 2-3 hours worth of driving... for 40 miles!!

Now I work from home (translation, work from my truck) and can pick when I want to hit the road.

However, I don't mess with sleep driving. If I begin to get road hypnosis, I will pull off into a well maintained big box store parking lot (so I don't get jacked) and take a quick 10-15 minute power nap.

[ka34.739]

I Recommend that you pull over to the side of the road and have a short rest man it's called a Micro Break it's better then relaying on a RD and it's more safer but at the end of the day it's your choice aye

[proudNMAmember]

If you get the opportunity, pull over and splash your face w/ cold water. That seems to help me. One feature I found nice on Whistler's is the RU Alert feature checking your alertness. I am not saying it is a 100% by any means but it is a nice feature.