Wayne
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Registered: 19th May 04
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Just been driving up to leeds, i've had 2hours sleep in the last 48 hours due to do some shifts, driving along and most of closed eyes for a few secs next thing i know wake up and im heading straight towards barrier  , had to pull into service station for half hour sleep then carry on, working till 11am then drive back home.
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VegasPhil
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Wooooooooooah! That's well dodgy mate!
Luckily you saw the sense to pull over for a nap before you killed youself/anyone else though! 
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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Russ
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my mate crashed into a Tireness can kill sign when he fell asleep at the wheel 
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Andrew
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Started happening to me when i was having 2 hours sleep a night and then driving to Manchester everyday.
On two occasions i was entering Liverpool via Edge Lane and would be in the left lane and then wake up and be entering the far right lane. Bearing in mind i'd already crossed the middle lane. I would have been fucked if cars were in those lanes.
Also on the way back from PVS this year had to stop because i was nodding off. Wasn't well that day and slept in a mates car most of the day with the air con on.
So yeah, don't drive if you're ill or tired. Not worth killing yourself over!
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Sam
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quote:
Originally posted by Russ
my mate crashed into a Tireness can kill sign when he fell asleep at the wheel
How ironic! PMSL!
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Kellye
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quote:
Originally posted by Wayne
Just been driving up to leeds, i've had 2hours sleep in the last 48 hours due to do some shifts, driving along and most of closed eyes for a few secs next thing i know wake up and im heading straight towards barrier , had to pull into service station for half hour sleep then carry on, working till 11am then drive back home.
Bad that.... Teach you to have more sleep next time I hope  
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Fro
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I have been woken up by rumble strips a couple of times not good, try not to drive tired anymore.
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rob_zetec
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ye when i was coming back from pvs i was falling asleep so got into the nearest service station n got some coffee down me, i would hate to think of falling asleep with my mates in the car.
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Robbo
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Yeah I had serious trouble once, coming back from cardiff very late having been to see oasis, was shattered, and it was VERY foggy... really sstruggled to see at times and i felt so bad i had to wake up a mate and get them to talk to me
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Wayne
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Registered: 19th May 04
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quote:
Originally posted by Rallye106
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Originally posted by Wayne
Just been driving up to leeds, i've had 2hours sleep in the last 48 hours due to do some shifts, driving along and most of closed eyes for a few secs next thing i know wake up and im heading straight towards barrier , had to pull into service station for half hour sleep then carry on, working till 11am then drive back home.
Bad that.... Teach you to have more sleep next time I hope
Just been doing alot of over time, £2600 worth of overtime which is paying for quite a few things so needed to get there
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mav
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not good......tiredness kills you know........
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Wayne
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i know, was my last shift in leeds last night so back to normal as 9-5:30 with a 5min drive to my work.
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Tommy
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Did u actually pull over or u just saying it not to get slated on here ???
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Icy
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get it alot when drivin back from shows after havin no sleep drivin down to them 
why i keep good supply of pro plus in the glovebox!! but one day i took 5th dose and made me feel sleepy so slept for couple hours at a services
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ed
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I'm supprised this hasn't turned into a 20 page thread flaming the lad. You're just as much a liability as a drunk driver when you are driving tired.
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Cosmo
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one of my mates fell asleep at the wheel on the motorway....woke up after drifting over a few lanes, hard shoulder and then slamming into the barrier.
Walked away unhurt but wrote the car off.
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ed
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A friend of mine was following a 4x4 up the M40. The vehicle drove up the grass embankment, back down and through the central Armco. It hit a Mercedes with 4 passengers head on. The driver of the 4x4 got out and just said he fell asleep. The people in the Mercedes didn't get out on account of the front passengers being dead and the rear passengers being mush because they weren't wearing seatbelts.
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Jamie Walby
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I get a bit pissed off when im trying to catch a few minutes sleep on the motorway and people start tooting their horns at me and waking me up.
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ed
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Wayne
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why should i be slated? It's not illegal to drive tired is it? Evryone drives tired at somepoint in the driivng life. I did the rite thing and pulled into a services for half hour and trust me it made a big difference.
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