Baggie:
Eat an apple !!..don’t know why,but always perks me up no end…and I don’t even like them (except in cider )
How did you find that out, if you don’t like apples? Did you just start working through the fruit & veg stall or was it different foodstuffs too?
I saw that about apples being more effective than coffee on a random fact twitter feed. Seems to work too! Could be all the natural sugar in apples compared to refined sugar/no sugar in coffee. Or could be a load of crap and it worked because I fell for it
Also as previously said, getting out and walking about on a 15 minute break really helps.
have found eating or drinking something sugary can make a temporary difference things like sports mixture jelly babies keep you going till you can stop for a 10-15 min power nap really can make a difference
Driving tired has been compared to driving drunk, same level of concentration etc. I did a really early morning start on a drive to the south coast with two drops in London, by 6pm I was pulled over, card out and fast asleep. Couldn’t keep my eyes open any longer.
Baggie:
Eat an apple !!..don’t know why,but always perks me up no end…and I don’t even like them (except in cider )
How did you find that out, if you don’t like apples? Did you just start working through the fruit & veg stall or was it different foodstuffs too?
In a previous life,I was a squaddie,and let me tell you that there is nothing,but nothing, more tiring than driving a Bedford 4 tonner,in convoy,at 30mph,at night,across the wilds of Germany,staring at the same wagon rear,trying to maintain the correct vehicle spacing,hour after freaking hour … No driving regs for military back then
We were issued a brown paper bag containing cardboard sandwiches,a hard boiled egg,and an apple
The apple was the only thing that was edible
How do you fight with the tiredness during your shift? Let’s say you could not sleep when you had your 45 minutes break. Does plenty of caffeine solve the problem?
You are obviously tired so sleep for an hour ■■■■■■■■ to transport, or carry on and kill yourself or some poor family in a car. sounds bad but it happens, its up to you.
Hi sweeper1gg,
Do not get worried about myself being tired behind the wheel. I do not let myself to go sleeping when driving a lorry and I am concentrated at what I do at all times. I am worried about s h i t t y car drivers and some stupid cyclists around me.
No prob if i do get tired i pull over and rest for a bit even just shut your eyes for 15 mins, i don’t care if transport query me i just say i am in control of the the truck, don’t tell me how to drive it. better to be safe then sorry.
BillyHunt:
Tiredness can kill! That’s a fact, I’ve seen it on Mway signs & matrix boards so its got to be true. The info on here is spot on regarding taking a nap. I woke up tired a couple of weeks ago so I had another hour as recommended, got woken up by a call from work saying don’t bother coming back, result, I now get plenty rest & I’m not tired anymore.
Careful with quoting tiredness can kill though. I said on another thread regarding speeding that speed kills and I ended up getting told I was an idiot for swallowing the government BS because if it did “every single person on an aeroplane would die”
Costa lotta do a Cortado, a small glass tumbler, quite strong.
Stirbuckets do a flat white.
Double espresso is the way to go.
Used to have Lattes, but all that milk churning away.
On the rare occasions I’m tired a costa Americano and a walk round sort me out
On the subject of transport office staff going mad at you stopping for a quick kip just tell them to knackers,its your life chaps.
BillyHunt:
Tiredness can kill! That’s a fact, I’ve seen it on Mway signs & matrix boards so its got to be true. The info on here is spot on regarding taking a nap. I woke up tired a couple of weeks ago so I had another hour as recommended, got woken up by a call from work saying don’t bother coming back, result, I now get plenty rest & I’m not tired anymore.
Careful with quoting tiredness can kill though. I said on another thread regarding speeding that speed kills and I ended up getting told I was an idiot for swallowing the government BS because if it did “every single person on an aeroplane would die”
Point taken. However I’ve covered myself by saying it’s a fact, if you say that on here then it’s gospel. Also it been scientifically prove, another fact if you will, that in 95% of accidents where the driver fell asleep tiredness was a factor.
(except in cider
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