I have fallen asleep at the wheel, it happened a few years ago now, but I was driving while tired, and had tried the usual caffeine / Pro plus route to keep awake but despite this, had a very strange feeling that the pedals of the car were sinking into the floor, as was the steering wheel!! Obviously this wasn't physically happening, but personally I attribute it to my head and upper body gradually slumping over the wheel as I became more and more drowsy. As I finally shook off the drowsiness and realised what was happening I pulled over and went to sleep, but that experience scared me so much, that whenever I feel a little tired while driving, I'll stop and sleep, no matter how late it makes me.
Posted: 12/09/2007 at 10:52
