I just did a little reading about driving sleep deprived.
Going 24 hours without sleep is like being .10% bac. Basically, you're drunk. What do you think it'd be for 36 hours without sleep?
I don't think God was looking out for anyone. This guy was a damn fool for not having the common sense to get his proper rest. Innocent people get killed because of this stupid behavior.
You want to know why your insurance rates are so high? It's because on needless stupidity like staying up 36 hours, and totaling 2 vehicles.
Did some reading on it?
Is that like watching a Youtube video and now ready to perform trauma surgery?
Get off the Pius Pony and leave the personal attacks for when you are physically in front of the person you wish to assault with your Intellect/Opinions, O Mighty Keyboard Warrior.
OP, glad both party's ended up okay
Tell the kid a hotel room is much cheaper than a Deductible.
Added benefit, sleep less in strange bed, so wake up fresh and ready for day.
Go home, super tired, sleep in own bed and you're out for a decade b4 ya wake up all groggy and lethargic.
Anyway, Learning Experience and one not likely to be forgotten.
Ignore the Keyboard Warrior Pontifications.
Like a ************ Monkey, when at the Zoo, simply ignore and move on.
As with the Monkey, the Keyboard Warrior doesn't know any better and it makes him feel good.
Be content you are further up the Evolutionary Ladder.
PS
Have you ever noticed the IGNORE feature is so handy and easy to use?
Just hold your mouse over your Nickname, top right hand corner of every page.
Pop up window, rght side, PEOPLE YOU IGNORE. Click that and add the Loathsome one.
Too bad it's not possible with ************ Monkeys at the Zoo.
Not my Ram, my sons 2018 big Horn. He left work at 2:30 am instead of 3:00 when he could call me while I ate to keep him awake, and this happened. 26000 miles and a little less than a year old, but it did its job. 4 airbags, lots of crumpling, and had to have the door prizes open so he could get out, but no injuries in either vehicle, but both total losses. He learned a lesson about staying up too many hours (I hope) and will be vehicle shopping as soon as this is cleared up with insurance. We are all glad he is ok, and that the amazing engineering and technology that goes into these vehicles is there and works. And that God is watching over him even when he isn't acting as maturely as he should.
M Thursday night and went in to work at 8:00PM. We had mandatory OT so if I had went in at midnight like I was supposed to there was a good chance I would have got forced over until noon the next day so opted to go in early to avoid that. The buyer me me at my house. We got to Elizabeth about 3:00 in the afternoon. By the time we got the car unloaded we left there about 5:00PM. At about 1:00AM I was having trouble keeping my eyes open and my wife had never pulled a trailer before so I stopped at a hotel about 3 hours from home. No vacancies. There was a 4x4 fest going on and they told me all hotels around were booked up. So went ahead and let my wife drive and she was too tired so she pulled over at a hotel after about one hour. Nope. Full there too. At that point we were about 2 hours from home in Knox, PA. We made it home around 5:00AM. I had been up about 36 hours. I was seeing things on the side of the road that weren't there and jerking the wheel thinking I was going to hit them. I had my window down with my head hanging out. Kept pulling over to get out and walk around the truck. Nothing helped. Sleeping in the truck wasn't an option as it was too cramped and we tried the hotel thing. Didn't have much of a choice. I never want to do that again and would never advise it but we made it. I was about 35 at the time and would never even think about trying it at 50. But sometimes you do what you have to do. I was as careful as I could be and took all the precautions I could think of.
