Just drive on the rumble strips for a few mins. The annoying drone, shaking you to death will wake you in no time
OVLOV JAY:
‘…Just drive on the rumble strips for a few mins…’
Yeah - but doesn’t one’s mpg almost half 
OVLOV JAY:
Just drive on the rumble strips for a few mins. The annoying drone, shaking you to death will wake you in no time
I spend a lot of time on the hard shoulder. I hope you’re joking. When I hear them rumble strips, that’s my que to leg it upthe embankment fast as my adrenaline will carry me 
Can of Coke and a soluble Solpadine [painkiller] Put the the Solpadine in water not in the Coke or you`ll have a fountain in the cab and it tastes horrible.
what about a danger tug
Nothing works for me more than 20 mins sleep.
Sent from a layby stroking one off.
15 mins break…
Set the alarm for 15 mins and dive onto bunk… those 15 mins seem to provide a better rest than the 45?
Guess it is something to do with the “depth” of sleep.
There are a number of “class A” stimulants available from any variety of “outlets”. These generally work rather well and keep you awake. They do have a number of undesirable side effects, like a prison sentence, addiction and possibly death. I would suggest a sleep is a better idea.
There are a number of medical conditions that I understand have insomnia as an indicator - you may consider contracting one of these conditions. I am taking a guess but imagine these also have some undesirable issues. I would suggest sleep is a better idea.
gogzy:
what about a danger tug
Is that a shunting vehicle with ADR stickers all over it?
A strong coffee and a 15 minute power nap followed by a few minutes walking round in the fresh air is all you need to get you through.
Winseer:
gogzy:
what about a danger tugIs that a shunting vehicle with ADR stickers all over it?
mayby
or you could go down the road spanking the monkey seeing how long it takes anyone to notice
gogzy:
Winseer:
gogzy:
what about a danger tugIs that a shunting vehicle with ADR stickers all over it?
mayby
or you could go down the road spanking the monkey seeing how long it takes anyone to notice
billybigrig:
I’m surprised nobody’s mentioned the Handbury Davies technique yet
Do keep up 
Honey roasted peanuts give you quite a lot of energy
Phantom Mark:
A desperate delaying tactic can be to cover one eye and rest it and then swap, to help you through that period.
LOL. I tried this the other night on the M11, it was working ok until the left eye decided not to reopen. rumble rumble rumble, that got the heart going a bit.
gogzy:
Winseer:
gogzy:
what about a danger tugIs that a shunting vehicle with ADR stickers all over it?
mayby
or you could go down the road spanking the monkey seeing how long it takes anyone to notice
In hour 14 of shift in morning rush-hour, it would take far too long for ME to notice!
Her majesty politely declined her Knight’s kind offer to bash the bishop…
switchlogic:
I don’t really get that bad anymore. But then I am doing about half the hours I was a few years back. When I was at HSF I used to flag around the 24th hour, so I’d stop and cook breakfast, that usually worked. Well, I say stopped…
Do they still run like that?
Cant say i have the time to be pulling over for alittle sleep during the day.
No HSF have been running legal for years now
MMTM That the best way to stop himself nodding off was to take Charlie or Billy to work
with him…but I think he is fibbing as we dont know anyone named Charles or William. 
I thought The Dreaded Nodders were a Slade tribute band 
billybigrig:
I thought The Dreaded Nodders were a Slade tribute band
Wahey!
I’ve found that far and away the best thing to keep me awake is to make a phone call to another driver who I know will be working at that time, and simply have a chat. Those were the days.
Of course I can’t do this anymore; another case of legislation made by useless bureaucrats interfering with the reality of those of us with actual work to do - for some reason handsfree calls don’t work as well…