Accident

jacksun65 · Feb 16, 2016

Guy just had and accident on 64 by my place. heard what sounded like an explosion, went out to check it out he was walking around ok. He said he fell asleep hit the end of a guard rail about 80 mph took out about 50 yrds. flipped a new dodge 5500 4x4 nose over onto roof. Can't hardly believe he walked away from it. Front tire flew about 200yds into neighbors pasture.
Please don't drive when tired,

Don-Wi · Feb 16, 2016

Usually about once a month or so I need to stop for a few minutes to rest my eyes on my way home from work. Working 12-13 hour days on about 5 hours of sleep wears on a guy some days. But,I know my limits and have a few designated spots that I stop.

Donovan from Wisconsin

onefarmer · Feb 16, 2016

Years ago I followed a guy on I69 heading to Charlotte, Mi. He was weaving all over, I thought he was drunk. He ended up going to the same dealer I was. I waited for him to come back out and I asked him about it. He said he just got off work and was tired, what could he do about it. I told him to pull over so he doesn't end up taking a permanent nap and getting others to join him. He stayed there and rested till I left anyway.

If you want to take yourself out ok. But we don't want to join you!!

dr sportster · Feb 16, 2016

And don't tell a cop that is what happened because there are laws against that . Better off to tell them you sneezed or had chest pains.

jon f mn · Feb 16, 2016

Years back I had the same guy run into my truck in the same bridge in tx. on the same day of the week 2 weeks in a row, sound asleep both times. Was on his way home from work both times. Wrecked his car the first time, his rental the second time. Same cop wrote up both reports. He said he never heard of anything like it.

K Effective · Feb 16, 2016

I work a rotating 12 hour shift, some days, some nights, and catch myself nodding off on my 8 mile drive home. I work with two guys who live over 50 miles one way from the plant, and cannot fathom how they stay awake all the way home.

tim s · Feb 16, 2016

I was going back to the farm a few years ago to get more fuel, at about 11PM and came up behind a guy I knew, he was weaving all over the road, and he was known for drinking too much,and had lost an eye in a work accident years past, he pulled into a spot along the highway and I pulled in behind him and walked up to his window, and and asked him if he was okay,, he said " I'm okay Tim,, I was just seeing double and was shutting the wrong eye" he has since then quit drinking but you wonder how some of them stayed alive...

Spook · Feb 16, 2016

(quoted from post at 12:55:12 02/16/16) I work a rotating 12 hour shift, some days, some nights, and catch myself nodding off on my 8 mile drive home. I work with two guys who live over 50 miles one way from the plant, and cannot fathom how they stay awake all the way home.

I worked with a guy who worked in Livonia, lived in Hillsdale. Probably a good 2 hour commute. He fell asleep going home one morning, wiped out the "Welcome to Hillsdale" sign. Walked away, but totaled his truck.

Glen SW Wi · Feb 16, 2016

When I worked on an oil production platform in the Gulf, I used to have a jar of sour dill pickles. It was a 12hr drive home. If I started to feel drowsy I'd open the window an suck on a pickle. Strange how those pickles can freshen you up. I did have a few spots on I-10 to pull over and catch a few winks if needed. Some of the lesser used rest areas were to dangerous to sleep in.

1970-1655 · Feb 16, 2016

Had a neighbor many years ago that did not make it home one morning. He was greedy for all the overtime he could get. Had a factory job on 3rd (10:30pm to 7:00am) and worked his tail off farming all day. Many times he would dent up his pickup and never knew what happened. One morning on the way home from the factory job, he hit a bridge. When I am driving and get even a little drowsy, I will find a place and pull off.

MARK ROBKE · Feb 16, 2016

Those rotating shifts should be outlawed:there is no good reason for them.Work nightshift until you have the seniority to get on dayshift.All the time changing your sleep cycles is not healthy,and causes accidents.Mark

Dave Sherburne, NY · Feb 16, 2016

A lot of years ago I was riding with a State Trooper at about 3am looking for an escaped prisoner and we came up behind a good sized truck load of hay, weaving all over the road. Trooper followed a short distance then said, that guy is falling asleep. He flipped on his lights, and the driver didn't seem to notice. He did noticed when the trooper just touched the siren. The driver seemed to jerk the wheel then straightened up and pulled over. Trooper just left the lights on and kept going past him. Driver's lucky night, we had other things to do.

Red Green Guy · Feb 16, 2016

Was railroad engineer for 33 yrs. There are no fully rested train crews. example, stayed up one evening for kids school activiy as call clerk assured me I would not be used. Got to bed 10pm. Got called 10:30pm for midnight on duty to run a train 272 miles. A normal 12 hr run. Told clerk I was not safe to be working. Immediately was tranferred to supervisor. Was told never to use unsafe as reason for not working. Stood up the entire trip to stay awake. Off duty the required government 8hrs. Misleading. Takes avg 1 from arrival to hotel and you get the 1 1/2 hr cal to be back on duty. So 5 1/2hrs of sleep and you work an other 12 hrs home. As I said There are no fully rested train crews.

massey333 · Feb 17, 2016

Nobody said they were good for you Mark.All most ANY place that works rotating shift has NO day shift to speak of,other then some GO-FER job people,which is base pay.And HOW do you run a plant 24/7 or 24/365 with out rotating shifts??

mj · Feb 17, 2016

(quoted from post at 13:16:01 02/16/16) And don't tell a cop that is what happened because there are laws against that . Better off to tell them you sneezed or had chest pains.

Yeah, or that you were dodging a deer, cat, dog or some such.

fixerupper · Feb 17, 2016

I had many, many late nights like that on the wheat harvest. For example; Run a combine all day till dark, ride from Deerfield to Minneola trying to sleep in the bunk in a bobtail truck while being bounced off the mattress, climb in a truck at Minneola and drive it back to Garden City. Get to the motel at 3:00 AM and get back up at 5:30 for another day of cutting. What's a log book?

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