r/roadtrip • u/Vegetable_Bridge_276 • 20h ago
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u/toofarfromjune 20h ago
Thank you for confirming that all of the parts we knew would suck were in fact the ones that sucked. Everything east of New Mexico.
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u/Special_Loan8725 17h ago
Kansas would be where I would fall asleep, it’s just the same shit once you pass the windmills until you get to a bit out of Kansas City.
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u/No-Fix1210 15h ago
Kansas City to Denver is the same scene over and over and over. I make that drive multiple times a year and it’s so easy to drift off. Move dangerous than people realize.
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u/Emerald_and_Bronze 13h ago
I've only done it twice (out and back) and I remember it clearly. So painful! You need to have the AUX cord and any sort of tunes or books ready to go. I remember hearing a radio station for grain or soybean prices.
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u/jessuk101 1h ago
I got pulled over in Kansas as I was going east for going 4 over (Colorado plate targeting and all) and even the cop was like “ I know there’s not much to look at out here but you need to stay the speed limit”
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u/Artistic-Battle-7597 12h ago
I have lived in Kansas my entire life, plus roadtripped to 36 states and visited two other countries, so I feel especially qualified to say that the stretch of I70 from KC to Denver (let's be real: St. Louis to Denver) is total ass.
Our state has little pockets of beautiful natural scenery, but you certainly aren't seeing those on I70.
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u/toofarfromjune 17h ago
That’s why I love my version, there’s scenery through most of it. Montana-Wyoming-South Dakota- Minnesota etc, through Chicago to family in Michigan.
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u/balfras_kaldin 15h ago
I'm sorry, what scenery are you looking at in South Dakota past the Black Hills?
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u/toofarfromjune 15h ago
There is actually quite a bit of scenery east of the black hills, and I’m not just talking about badlands. Lakes rivers creeks etc.
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u/DukeOfLizards42 6h ago
Step 1: Stare at grain elevator in distance that doesn't seem to get any closer.
Step 2: Drive for an hour and a half until you pass the grain elevator.
Step 3: "oh look, another grain elevator!"
Step 4: repeat
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u/RadChef 5h ago
I stopped to get some Sonic in Kansas, rolled my window down, it smelled like a cow shit in my mouth, immediately rolled my window back up and drove another five hours to get the hell out of that place.
I also got a speeding ticket about an hour into Kansas, forgot to pay the ticket, they issued a warrant for my arrest, haven’t been back to Kansas since. It was in 2018 so I don’t know if that’s expired now or what. I was literally going 6 mph over but the moment the cops saw my out-of-state license I knew I was getting a ticket.
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u/Vikes2016 19h ago
Driving while extremely tired is dumb. Rest next time. I have done this trip 4 times in the last a year. Same exact trip as you. It’s always a good road trip!
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u/Raider_Jonesy 14h ago
Yeah - once caught a flight early morning without sleeping prior and needed to drive for 3 hrs to my motel.
It was a learning experience. It is kind of crazy because you convince yourself you're fine - before you know it you've gone too far to find a good place to rest.
I quite literally pulled over in a random national park and just slept for 4 hrs with the aircon on. Bliss. (And I usually can't deep sleep in a car)
Take breaks - and if it is longer than 6 hrs in a day - try to plan an overnight stop. You'll be thankful for the rest and so will other drives.
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u/tenphes31 3h ago
To add to your take breaks point, I found out years ago that if youre going to road trip and see the sights, make sure to end your day in the new city. I did a road trip years ago and the first half we did that and ended in the new city, meaning we could sleep, get up the next day, and actually see the sights. But in the back half of the trip we messed up and started leaving in the morning and getting to the new city mid day. This meant we only had a few hours to try and take in the sights and couldnt even enjoy any real night life because we were on a strict schedule to leave the next morning.
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u/vee_lan_cleef 9h ago
I have never been in an accident in my life. I have almost been in three, and each time I was severely sleep deprived. I do not, ever (unless someone is dying) get behind the wheel tired anymore.
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u/LeatherfacesChainsaw 5h ago
Had a coworker working two jobs and he ended up falling asleep at the wheel and killing someone.
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u/No_Perspective_242 8h ago
Extremely dumb and unfair to other drivers who are at risk with them on the road
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u/007Superstar 13h ago
From OK City on they were both compromised and a risk to themselves and everyone on the road.
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u/Zero-lives 8h ago
I did a 9 hour after work and it felt like i was fine, i dont get sleepy driving, but that 9th hour my reaction time was a slog. Even when you arent sleepy it's dangerous
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u/IlREDACTEDlI 8h ago
Literally equivalent to drunk driving in terms of how dangerously impaired you are.
Really really stupid
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u/Correct_Cold_6793 7h ago
Yeah like this is definitely interesting, but they weren't the only people they put in danger here.
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u/chantillylace9 6h ago
But if you take a nap on the side of the road and rest, you’ll get a ticket from the cop!
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u/TheHob290 4h ago
I 100% agree, but also, as someone who made an incredibly similar 32hr drive with a friend 5ish years ago, I think its reasonable to try it once. Its the kind of experience that doesn't seem like a bad idea until you are 14hrs in.
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u/shaolin432 20h ago
iirc all the comments on the first post were about how dangerous it was and how you’d be putting others lives at risk and you went ahead and did it anyway, when you could’ve just spent $50 for a room and arrived 8 hours later 😂
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u/c_dubbleyoo 19h ago
Or stopped at one of thousands of truck/travel stops, rest areas for free.
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u/Wet_Artichoke 8h ago
Walmart and Cracker Barrel have been known to allow cars to park overnight so the driver can sleep.
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u/beanshaken 3h ago
Yes, I drove out to Yellowstone from PA (13 yrs ago) and my bf and I slept in Walmart parking lots there and back, and a church parking lot in Wyoming when we couldn’t find a Walmart.
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u/The_dots_eat_packman 17h ago
At least he listened to all of us from Denver and SLC telling him not to fuck with I70 in the winter with zero sleep.
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u/hydraulix989 20h ago
Driving while tired is dumb, yes. It is equivalent to drunk driving.
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u/icefirecat 18h ago
This is what bothers me about these folks’ choice. I’m so glad nothing bad happened to them, but that’s not always the reality, and these choices increase the likelihood of things going extremely wrong.
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u/LivingtheLaws013 17h ago
Plus in their previous post they were warned not to do this and put other people at risk, but did it anyway
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u/minidazzler1 5h ago
But because it worked out for them this time they'll brag about it and act like it was skill not luck.
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u/BilboTBagginz 3h ago
I've done this drive 4 times, from Cleveland to the Bay Area and back and from Cleveland to San Diego. I don't bother trying to drive at night, even with multiple drivers and cars. I've already picked out a hotel that we'll be sleeping at, and we'll hit the road again early in the AM when we have sunlight. Some of these areas in the middle of the country have -0- lighting at night other than other cars on the road...and you can't depend on that. It's idiotic and reckless to drive out there while you're tired.
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u/BiscoBiscuit 5h ago
But they are young and therefore invincible! And will also learn nothing from this.
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u/DubUpPro 17h ago
When I was in the marine corps I was working insane hours for a while. 5 am pt, straight to work after, work until 6-7, get home, eat, sleep ~5-6 hours if I was lucky.
I hated it, and it was not by choice. I lived about 30 minutes from work and was at work for 13-14 hours a day, sometimes even more.
There were days where I didn’t remember driving to work. I’m insanely lucky that I didn’t hurt or kill myself or someone else on the road.
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u/OXBDNE7331 19h ago
My friend fell asleep at the wheel ran a red light and ended up causing an accident (looked bad but everyone was fine)
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u/Leverkaas2516 18h ago
My friend fell asleep at the wheel and totalled his friend's car. I fell asleep at the wheel and totalled my grandma's car. A friend of a friend fell asleep at the wheel and made his sister a paraplegic.
Driving tired is a really, really bad idea.
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u/ChippyTheGreatest 17h ago
My friend's brother died because he fell asleep on the highway and swerved into the incoming lane in front of a semi
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u/TravisYersa 19h ago
Actually worse than driving drunk
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u/MillerisLord 17h ago
That really depends on how tired and how drunk. I would argue drunk is worse morally given it's an intentional decision. A lot of people have to drive tired to get home from work after a double shift, night shift, swing shift...
Driving tired might be a bad idea but driving drunk is always a bad idea.
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u/Unfair_Isopod534 15h ago
can confirm.
my wife and i have a wild story of tiling our kitchen floor for 24h non-stop. bt the end of it we noticed that our dishwasher water supply was leaking. it was not fun driving to the hardware store. i regret that drive, even though nothing bad happened.
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u/tranquilovely 20h ago
I don't believe it's true, but I was always told to think "driving tired is driving while under the influence of fatigue" and although you won't get a DUI ticket(I believe), you can get reckless driving ticket.
be safe op!
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u/hydraulix989 19h ago
I'm a bit of a nerd -- a study published in Nature found that:
- 17 hours awake is equivalent in performance impairment to 0.05% BAC
- 24 hours awake is equivalent in performance impairment to 0.10% BAC (over the legal limit in all 50 states)
Dawson & Reid (1997)
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u/sloppyjo12 17h ago
I remember Mythbusters did a driving buzzed vs tired episode, I don’t remember the exact outcome but I remember them saying doing either is a terribly bad idea
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u/SphericalCrawfish 18h ago
That tracks. 0.08 is barely noticable and I sleep 4ish hours a night so I'm by definition up 20 hours most days.
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u/TellTaleTimeLord 19h ago
This is one of the dumbest things I've ever heard
I'm a truck driver and I wouldn't even consider doing this
asks for advice in previous post, ignores advice, does it anyways
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u/Iggyhopper 19h ago
They left coastal california for ohio.
Of course it's dumb.
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u/Benny303 13h ago
Wait I'm so confused. OP says "everyone thought we were going the other way but why would we leave California for ohio" and then proceeds to describe the trip in reverse and ending in Ohio? Do I just suck at reading comprehension?
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u/Iggyhopper 13h ago
No, you're right.
The gf got off work and they exited california first.
So CA to Ohio, and OP is still so tired he couldnt comprehend he reversed the direction when being snarky.
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u/Odd-Fly-1265 4h ago
Op said “a lot of you thought we were going the other way which was very funny because who wants to leave california for ohio lol”
This is ordered correctly, as they are the people who would want to leave california for ohio, which is why it is being pointed out as funny, because who would want to do that?
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u/time_travel_nacho 17h ago edited 16h ago
As someone who was born in Ohio, thankfully moved away at 13, and had to move back for 3 years in 2014 for work, I can't imagine why someone would leave the coast for that state
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u/SlouchnTwdDeathlahem 15h ago
I moved from CA to OH because I listened to someone who was recruiting me that Ohio had real cities and was great. The city I ended up in was smaller than presented with mostly terrible food and extremely racist people. I lasted 8 months and moved back to CA at the next opportunity. Never again.
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u/Character_Wealth4484 11h ago
I've driven through Ohio. It's all I needed to know. One thing it has going for it is it isn't Indiana.
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u/ghoulqueene 6h ago
it's beautiful but not a fun place to live. extremely high cost of living and way overpopulated. don't take what you have for granted
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u/im-not-a-fakebot 15h ago
Literally almost every other comment was saying to some effect “Make sure you actually stop for 6-8 hours for rest don’t try to drive straight there”, what does OP do? Drives straight there and taking short naps in the car while the other drives.
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u/Gnarcoticcs 19h ago
You know I am really glad you made it safe but I am shocked at how irresponsible and stupid you are.
First of all it has been made clear to you by dozens if not hundreds of people how dangerous it is to drive tired, how unreasonable the amount of time you expected to drive without real rest, the danger of such long driving shifts, the lack of safety to have one incredibly tired driver drive while only other person presumably sleeps. You didn't even mention that you would start this drive AFTER an 8 hour shift.
This shit makes me mad because you are needlessly putting yourself, your girl and anyone who comes into contact with you on the road into danger for literally zero reason. Did you even think of the possibility of dozing off for one second and drifting into the opposite lane and killing a mother or father, or a whole family days before christmas? For the sole reason of you wanted to save a few hours?
The reckless and pointless selfishness aside - what makes me really fucking pissed is that you posted your plan on reddit, where it was flagged by literally hundreds of people telling you that it was irresponsible and dangerous, people offered you alternatives, insight, logic and sense.
What did you chose to do with this wealth of info that validated that this was a stupid and ill-conceived idea? Fucking completely ignore it and go ahead with it anyway. You got fucking lucky. What you did was stupid and pointless and you did it anyway. You created so much possible danger and tragedy after being warned and with no gain. I guarantee that you lost and time you 'saved' by the recovery needed after such a taxing experience.
You got lucky. You could have killed yourself, someone you loved, or anyone on the road. Maybe you lived and killed a whole family and had to live the rest of your life with that guilt. For what? And you were warned.
Yeah ha ha I went to buckees twice tee hee. Obviously you are a young man who needs to think more critically. I really hope you can use this moment to reflect about how fucking stupid the decision you made was and how lucky you are that nothing bad happened.
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u/WickedCunnin 17h ago
A motel in any of those cheap states in the middle would have been $100. They could have both slept for 10 hours in the middle of the trip. It would have been 100 times safer.
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u/Not-Going-Quietly 14h ago
Yes, that's what I, and many other people, said to OP's prior post about doing this drive non-stop. And it wasn't like there was some emergency that required them to get there in as little time as possible.
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u/ItsJustMeJenn 7h ago
I’ve done this same route back and forth a few times. You can stay a decently clean and safe La Quinta in Amarillo for literally $40 with free breakfast.
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u/mertchel 13h ago
Fully agree with all of your input and appreciate the sincerity. There's a reason there are rules for driving time and rest even for professional CDL drivers. Even "sleeping" while riding into a car isn't going to be a full restorative sleep session. I can't imagine how they felt when they made it - the mental and physical atrophy from skipping even one day of good REM 4 level sleep can be devastating to the circadian rhythm and all of the subconscious mechanisms our body's use to regulate themselves.
But I suspect as you they are young and will probably recover. Unfortunately, more often than not, behaviors and beliefs from any sentient being will usually only change from negative events with lasting or heavy consequences. It's hard to accept "what-if" scenarios until you actually experience one.
Again I'm not arguing with any of your comments or insight, just adding what I consider an unfortunate truth. It's hard for people to listen and consider advice if they've never experienced any trauma. It doesn't alway have to be life altering, in a lot of cases a close call is enough to change habits. And that's what I always hope for.
I consider myself lucky, I was exposed to some gruesome levels of deadly accidents right out of high school. I got to work for a retired state trooper that went into accident reconstruction and became an expert witness in fatality cases. I was able to see pictures of mangled cars and learn about speed and stopping distances and reaction times and realize just how dangerous a heavy hunk of metal floating on air filled tires at high speeds can be. Most don't realize they are flying around on highways with the force of a demolition wrecking ball and a quarter of a second of reaction time can be all the difference. It always blows my mind how close people will tailgate on a 65 mph without realizing if the car in front of you hits the brakes or swerves for an obstacle you have literally completely removed any chance for even a quarter second reaction time to make any difference. At 65mph - by the time you look up from your phone, see the possibility of an accident, analyze it and choose to make a maneuver to avoid it, (let's say all that takes one second (and that's being generous)) you've travelled nearly 100 feet. Even with perfect reaction time you have to make sure the vehicle can handle the manuever and the space around you is clear to do so. It's just not even remotely feasible to avoid something on purpose with all those constraints. At best, you might get lucky, but then again I'm not a gambling man and gambling with life and death is just ignorant.
So slow down and keep some distance. Anyways /end rant and appreciate all your points as well!
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u/morrisseysbaby 14h ago
I have nothing else to add, this is exactly how I feel seeing this post. Fucking pisses me off. Dumbass idiots are lucky they didn’t hurt themselves, let alone anyone else.
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u/PbCuSurgeon 19h ago
Op, that’s a lot of words for “I made a dumb ass decision and put others at risk with my tired driving”
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u/purplefuzz22 8h ago
OP thinks they are quirky. Hopefully their transmission goes out and they are without a vehicle for the foreseeable future so they won’t put any other innocent people in danger
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u/Sheetz_Wawa_Market32 20h ago
Glad you made it!
Still, driving when you’re so tired is not a good idea. Don’t imitate OP, other (seemingly) invincible kids!
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u/punkindle 2h ago
One time me and 3 friends drive from Ohio to Texas and we took turns driving, but my shift started at like 4am and I was so tired that I only made it 1 hour before I pulled over to rest. We didn't really think it through... I guess I was supposed to sleep when it was bright and sunny and they were playing music really loud. That was a 20 hour drive and that was rough.
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u/MasonP13 20h ago
Next time, just get a hotel, or stop along the way to take a nap in a parking lot
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u/omgdiaf 19h ago
Obligatory fuck yall for endangering people, even more so during the holidays.
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u/crumario 18h ago
I hate that I share a road with people like you when I'm out there, and I hate that I share a country with people who think going to the Walmart of gas stations is cool
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u/osubuki_ 18h ago
Congratulations to the countless people you exposed to impaired drivers on a holiday weekend that lived to tell the tale. Fuck you both for deciding other people's lives were appropriate collateral for you to gamble with.
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u/glassnumbers 8h ago
thank you for saying the real thing that everyone else should be saying, these two are pieces of shit
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u/Vegetable_Bridge_276 20h ago
I also stopped at a second buccees in Missouri much to my gfs dismay hehehehe
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u/MissMamaMam 17h ago
Driving while tired is dangerous and can be akin to driving while drunk. I’m sure you noticed many signs stating this on the last leg of your trip.
It’s not a race or an accomplishment, get some sleep. Many accidents happen from people falling asleep. Please don’t do this again, it’s not funny.
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u/Pure_Expression6308 13h ago
I once hallucinated from driving too long and it started with extreme paranoia like OP described… I was so paranoid about deer, and the woods, and next thing I knew I was “driving through a herd of deer without hitting them”!
And worse, it didn’t even seem out of place, maybe because I was so expecting them?, it wasn’t until later that I realized I didn’t really drive through a herd of deer. I didn’t even feel like I shouldn’t be driving.
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u/MissMamaMam 13h ago
Tired at that level is a whole different playing field really. I once had to drive home after work & it’s like my brain was telling me “it’s okay, close your eyes. Just for a little, that’s normal” and I did. I swerved and my adrenaline kicked in.
And I did a similar road trip to OP. I stopped at a hotel but something about long distance driving in Kansas is sooo boring, I noticed myself getting tired & things felt foggy. We pulled over, I slept for an hour then grabbed a coffee & we decided to shorten the day and find a hotel soon
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u/BingpotStudio 13h ago
I worked a job that drove me past exhaustion and kept having minor car accidents when parking because I stopped functioning.
This trip is so dangerous.
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u/mediumunicorn 16h ago
That was such a wild ride to read, I can’t believe this popped up on r/all.
As someone who loses my damn mind at anything more than 5 hours (as either passenger or driver), this sounds like personal hell. Glad you made it safe.
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u/dev-246 19h ago edited 15h ago
Hopefully you both won’t feel the need to do this again 😞
It’s one thing to risk your own life, but there were tons of other families on the road. Driving on
zeroextremely little sleep is no joke. You could have killed someone the day before Christmas..Edit: sleeping in a moving car doesn’t provide the same amount of rest as sleeping in a bed. they were sleep deprived, OP alludes to this multiple times in their post.
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u/Ink7o7 19h ago
But they did sleep…?
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u/Kibbles_n_Bombs 19h ago
With two of them they both could sleep plenty. I did this 48 hours straight with another drive.
LA to east coast of NC then to Block Head Island without any real stops.
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u/mikeyx3x 16h ago
Sleeping in a car as a passenger while someone sleep-deprived drives, and then switching off with them, is not a very safe idea, as someone mentioned in the original thread. Did you read how many times OP mentioned he wasn't comfortable and barely slept and how when you're in a car you definitely won't sleep the same as in your bed? And how much more falling asleep at the wheel could cause then simply sleeping at your house? This is NOT a "good" recommendation to make to ANYONE. Just because you made it doesn't mean everyone will. How many people drunk drive with no issues, and how many do?
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u/kyrev21 16h ago
and stopping at a hotel for even six hours would've vastly simplified the drive by allowing them both to sleep. They put themselves through hell for nothng
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u/Nippon-Gakki 17h ago
Team truck drivers do this for a living. They have a better place to sleep but as long as the relief driver felt rested each time they switched, it’s not unsafe.
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u/Pale_Row1166 16h ago
They have literal beds in their cabins, very different from a front seat of a sedan
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u/WheneverItIsTold 17h ago
I drove 20 hours straight a few months ago. I left at midnight after being up since 8am. I do not recommend.
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u/huskajmp 18h ago
Nah - I did this same thing in 2005, Raleigh to S.F. We slept when we weren’t driving. Youth is an amazing thing - if I tried that shit now I’d probably die.
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u/gone_campen 13h ago
Yes! Nearly 20% of all accidents are due to drowsy driving. https://aaafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/202304-AAAFTS-Drowsy-Driving-Countermeasures.pdf
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u/Grouchy_Air_4322 19h ago
This sub is low-key depressing, with how dangerous of situations people put themselves in on the road. If it's just you, whatever, but don't put everyone else at risk. Pull over and sleep
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u/I_eat_mud_ 18h ago
I feel like I'm being gaslit cause they explain in the post the sleeping schedule, don't they? They explain how one sleeps while the other drives?
The fuck are y'all on about? Just need a reason to be angry? Like I don't get it lmao
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u/Grouchy_Air_4322 17h ago
Guy tried to put diesel in his tank. Your quality of sleep in the passenger seat of a car on the interstate is abysmal. Yall need to do a better job keeping yourselves safe, for everybody else's sake
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u/Zealousideal_Ad8500 14h ago
For what it’s worth I would have been confused too since diesel is also green here. Anyone could have made this mistake if it’s something they are not used to.
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u/Mobile_Masterpiece43 14h ago
You don't know the quality of their sleep. You weren't there. Just cause you can't get good sleep doesn't mean no one can. I can't sleep in any vehicle but my brother can pass out in 5 minutes.
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u/baconandbobabegger 17h ago
In California diesel is a green hose. OP also said he didn’t expect diesel to be black. Some states have differences that surprise people when they don’t ever drive in other states. My first time trying to pump my own gas in NJ was equally as confusing, prior to it being allowed. Sometimes things aren’t also clues to a bigger conspiracy. They just happen.
Had OP given any clues in their post to driving erratically I could understand the sleep police but they seemed extra vigilant. Moreso than most drivers.
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u/PostNutt_Clarity 17h ago
These people would have an aneurism if I described my trip to Ireland. I had to do so much driving on so little sleep.
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u/Azguy303 17h ago
I made basically this same drive (Toledo to Tucson) with my dog a few years ago, so a little shorter then yours. I did it in 30 hours only stopping in West Texas for 3 hours for a nap during heavy thunderstorms.
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u/JerryNotTom 16h ago
Have done this solo, AZ to East North Carolina 2500 miles, 41 hours door to door. Had to stop for sleep around hour 28/30 and slept for 6 hours. Loves gas stations are always the best, clean bathrooms, stocked shelves, friendly attendants.
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u/Sufficient-Exam-8668 19h ago
Any time you think about doing this, just remember the phrase” blink twice and you’re dead.” Wanna cut time? Keep fuel stops to a minimum, pack a cooler. I drive a lot, on call emergency services. Often 10-16hours one way. Don’t be too proud to pull over and sleep along the way, 15-20 minute naps and a change of clothes / socks / underwear goes a long way too. Tricks like rolling windows down, don’t really do much. Drive safe and enjoy! Andddd check your tires and fluids before you go!
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u/DangItB0bbi 19h ago
You and your girl must love making bad decisions. Moving to Ohio and driving 34 hours.
For you to have done it alright you needed special toothpicks or jet alert pills. Special toothpicks would work best.
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u/shewantsthedeeecaf 5h ago
Even worse they’re moving to Kentucky. I thought maybe Cincinnati which is a really cool city. No no. Kentucky 🥴
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u/NoDryHands 19h ago
The fog in the Midwest was crazy yesterday. I could barely see past our driveway from the house, couldn't imagine driving in it!
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u/OtrLefty 19h ago edited 18h ago
No way you took that 80 route I woulda cut through Arizona and gone up from there that way . That 80 route must be brutal I’m a truck driver only reason I’m saying that I don’t even drive my truck out that way during this year cus last thing I want is me part of those 100 car crashes Edit : I’m glad you took the route you did. I didn’t read everything you wrote glad you guys made it safe happy holidays
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u/GPA_Moses 19h ago
Surely this update is ragebait
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u/romansamurai 6h ago
Nah. OP sounds exactly like the entitled and careless individual that he is.
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u/DanielGuriel75 19h ago
So you being so loopy that you almost put diesel in the car is why this was a bad idea.
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u/kevinc7343 19h ago
Why would you do that. Life is a journey. There are so many beautiful an interesting people and thing to see on these routes.
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u/YouSoGrouchy 18h ago
The part about Texas made me laugh because the panhandle is a small part of Texas 😂. Try driving on I-10/I-20 from border to border. It's a looonnnnggg drive.
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u/Efficient-Use-6456 19h ago
Imagine being so excited to get to Ohio that you don’t even stop for a night. (I moved from CA to OH and lasted 9 months before moving to NYC)
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u/Agreeable_Analyst279 20h ago
I drove back in 2000 from houston to Washington Seattle straight 36 hours , so ya it can be done as long as you can keep urself awake.
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u/master_hakka 20h ago
I’m just glad no one got hurt. Young and dumb is the time for this, I guess. But fucking OHIO?!
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u/Ancient_Pineapple993 19h ago
Cincinnati is surprisingly nice.
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u/PaddyBoy1994 19h ago
As someone who lives and works there, can confirm. Decent public transit system, too. I'm one of the mechanics who keep the Metro buses running.
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u/GarmeerGirl 18h ago
I’m confused if you drove from Ohio to California or California to Ohio. You say who would want to leave CA for Ohio but then say when you left CA entered AZ then New Mexico so I’m confused.
Second, do you mind sharing the make and model of our mid size SUV and how it handled the drive?
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u/Hermainioux 20h ago
How does the car smell