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Hello, Joyce and all: Re: asleep at the wheel, I can only recount how lucky I've been. One day (while just a bit dopey, I guess) an oncoming truck too off the mirror of the camper I was driving. I didn't notice how close we both were to the center line. Later in the day, I fell asleep and woke up driving on the grassy edge - on the OTHER side of the road. I had driven right across oncoming traffic. Help was needed urgently! 1. I did a sleep test and discovered I suffered sleep apnea. Now I sleep with a device to ensure that I continue breating normally. 2. I discovered Japan has many fewer such deaths, apparently because they tend to chew gum while driving. That not an expensive experiment and I think it works for me. Story is, the constant movement of the jaws tends to stimulate blood flow through the head and brain. Treat yourself to a "bouquet" of various flavors. Care: sugary gum may make some people sleepy. 3. I have discovered the joy of the cat nap. Just 15 minutes refreshes me. I understand that an hour would not be so helpful. Check the research. Only problem is I sometimes awake with a start, not remembering I have already pulled over to a rest area to park!! Happy (and healthy) driving! David ----- On Sat, 14 Dec 1996, Joyce Tames wrote: > Donna, welcome to the club of horrors. > > ME TOO!!! fell asleep at the wheel while on vacation in Nova Scotia. > Went airborne...bounced...airborne again...finally into an immovable tree. > > Compound fractured my rite wrist. > > Totalled the car. > > recovering from that trauma...3 ops....no use of that hand still after 5 > months...and still trying to cope with freezing legs. HA HA HA > > Maybe 97 will be better ??? > > drive carefully now... > > Joyce > ------------------- David Robert Austen Masters Degree Program in Information Science Indiana University, Bloomington Indiana 47405 U.S.A. Telephone 812 335 8835 Fax 812 335 8598 --------------------