Fatigue

[kuriousj]

Fatigue is one of the leading factors contributing to road crashes.

Driver fatigue is particularly dangerous because it affects everyone, no matter how experienced a driver is. Driving when becoming sleepy is a high risk behavior.

A driver who has been awake for 17 hours has a driving ability similar to that of a driver with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.05, and after 21 hours, similar to a BAC of 0.15.

Fatigue crashes are usually severe, resulting in serious injury and death, as the driver makes no attempt to avoid or prevent the crash.

This is the result of my crash about a month ago.
After finishing night shift i was driving home with a distance of about 57km. End result is i never completed the journey.
All i remember is BANG, BANG, SCREECH, BANG, BANG, AIR BAGS, SMOKE, FUCK, BANG, BANG.
52 steel pickets later and the vehicle had stopped. I was lucky enough to only come out with a few patches of skin missing and a swollen right hand from holding the steering wheel.



So please everyone don't drive tired.

 

[Happy2]

Good advice Kuriousj

I have never had an accident But back when I was in my 20's didnt think twice of driving that extra couple of hours
Typical 20something wont happen to me bravado

Glad you got out of it OK But I guess it woke you up?

 

[nextplease69]

Love those white bumpy things on the side of the highway, saved my ass more than a few times back when I used to work night shifts.
Should be on every major highway.

Up till last year I used to work 6pm till 6am every second week, would finish 6am Thursday morning and drive home to just south of Dunsborough straight after. The most dangerous part for me was the new straight stretch of highway bypassing Mandurah, soooo boring!

Definitely just pull over and have a snooze if your that tired. Few things in life are so important it's worth risking your life for.

 

[Farm Boy 2]

Try that were I live and you may hit a tree .

 

[Happy2]

We have trees in WA?

 

[Farm Boy 2]

Yep and there killed a lot of country boys and girls .,

 

[Happy2]

Up here the last couple of fatalities involved both fatigue and also being startled by critters Last was a girl who swerved to miss a roo and before a bloke who had a few emu's run across in front of him

Strange isnt it But If it was one of those groups of Lycra clad cyclists who insist on going for a Sunday ride on a single lane , poorly maintained road in the middle of harvest You dont even worry about swerving Maybe even tramp the peddle just a tad

 

[Farm Boy 2]

There was a bunch of them pedaling our of Kulin just before last harvest , with a front and rear escort . the annoying thing was they had channel 40 jammed with a waning recording.

 

[Happy2]

Maybe they were truckers on their day off I mean its only truckers who use channel 40

 

[Sir Cruiser]

Maybe they were truckers on their day off I mean its only truckers who use channel 40

There are so many idiots playing music and making bird noises, i so often have to turn it off. But i agree about being tired, when i go on long truck drives, i stop every two hours for 15 minutes and only drive for 12 hours even though that applies to just the eastern states, i do that here because the WA driving time is much longer, which i think it is wrong.

 

[Happy2]

I think our friend/colleague Obbie is also a stickler for controlled driving time Of below the required maximum as well Cruiser

 

[Sir Cruiser]

I think our friend/colleague Obbie is also a stickler for controlled driving time Of below the required maximum as well Cruiser

plus longer for lunch lol

 

[Remi Dayo]

Try that were I live and you may hit a tree .

that very sad