SleepDriving???

I guess you heard of the word sleepwalking.  Well, how about sleepdriving? I have been driving for almost a decade and I remember when I was the personal driver of my Mom and Pop.  My Pop used to travel a lot and he always asked me to drive him to the airport and sometimes to the seaport. His flight is always as early as 4am that is why I somehow doze my way through the highway and somehow I always get to my destination safe and sound.  Even when I feel that after waking up too early and thinking that I just went to sleep for just two to three hours, since I sleep late, I still manage to deliver the package.  This lead me to think of my driving history.  Have I ever had an accident due to sleepiness?  I guess not.  As far as I can remember throughout the years, I never felt sleepy while driving whatever vehicle I am handling.  I said to myself, do I really love driving this much that Mr. Sandman vanishes by the time I held my hands on a steering wheel?  I also thought of the fact that while on the road, even when not driving, I always fail to placed myself to sleep whatever strategy I tried.  Duh!

One day I shared this info to a friend and I said to him: "You know what, I guess I'm probably the perfect driver to be.  Because I never get sleep while on the road, never, ever!"  Then longest drive I took was the time we went home from Baguio.  If you have read my previous posts, I spent an entire 12 hours driving our silly asses home out of the 2x flat tires that we had while on the road.  I always get into this situation where everybody else is sleeping and I am fully awake watching all the posts, headlights, and stop sign pass us by.

But there are some drivers that I know who have slept on the road while driving.  Fortunately the accidents they took were not that severe and didn't became disasters.  So my tip for all the avid drivers out there is to assess yourself if you are a snoozing driver or a real driver.  If you can't deny never-never land while on the road, better give the wheel to somebody else.