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No. Traffic here is extremely bad. It would be unwise to daydream while driving.

[hckynut]

No.

[occasionalrain]

No, I drive a lot and there are places along the way that appeal to me, a house, a garden, a field with pretty cows...so I look for them as I drive along. I take scenic routes even if they are longer and I map new ways to travel to the same places.

[Lucky Charm]

I kind of feel like that with the hands free phone calls now. It seemed better with holding a cell phone. You were more aware you were driving AND holding a cell phone. Kind of irritating, but you were aware.

Now with the call coming over the speakers, I feel too relaxed. And I feel like I'm yelling cause I don't even know where the darn mic is. (new vehicle).

I love to drive and do almost all the driving. We do a lot of long distance driving during the summer season. But when I'm tired, I have no problem pulling over and we'll both close our eyes for even just a few minutes. It really refreshes you.

[aubnwa01]

The only thing that comes to mind is once when I was working downtown & had a 45 minute bus ride to get there from the Park & Ride. At work, I started really feeling achy & bad right after lunch & by the time I got off work at 4:30, I knew I was coming down with something ugly. I walked the couple of blocks from work to the bus tunnel & got on a bus & feeling awful, almost instantly fell asleep. I don't remember the bus ride & I don't remember getting off the bus, going to my car & driving it the 5-6 miles to my house. I came in the house, sat in my armchair & fell asleep again & woke up at 10PM, took my temp & it was 103°, so I knew I was sick with the flu or some crud. I didn't recall anything between the time got on the bus downtown & woke up at home in my chair & it was kind of scary. I was sick as a dog & was off work for a week with the flu & have gotten my annual flu shot every year since.

[Lipstickdiva]

Yep. When I worked in downtown Cleveland. I had a 45 minute highway drive and many times I realized I was at my downtown exit and didn't remember passing any other exits.

[dooBdoo]

On 8/17/2014 Lucky Charm said:

I kind of feel like that with the hands free phone calls now. It seemed better with holding a cell phone. You were more aware you were driving AND holding a cell phone. Kind of irritating, but you were aware.

Now with the call coming over the speakers, I feel too relaxed. And I feel like I'm yelling cause I don't even know where the darn mic is. (new vehicle).

I love to drive and do almost all the driving. We do a lot of long distance driving during the summer season. But when I'm tired, I have no problem pulling over and we'll both close our eyes for even just a few minutes. It really refreshes you.

Hi, Lucky Charm! The worrisome part of the cell phone issue is the fact that we tend to think we're aware while using them. But hands-free or not, studies have found that a driver talking on a cell phone is as impaired as someone driving under the influence of alcohol. It's not a problem of our hands being distracted, it's our mind and attention that are distracted.

[NoelSeven]

On 8/18/2014 dooBdoo said:

Hi, Lucky Charm! The worrisome part of the cell phone issue is the fact that we tend to think we're aware while using them. But hands-free or not, studies have found that a driver talking on a cell phone is as impaired as someone driving under the influence of alcohol. It's not a problem of our hands being distracted, it's our mind and attention that are distracted.

Absolutely! It's the distraction, the concentration on what is being said and one's own response to that.

I have a new car and bluetooth for the cell, I've never used it and I never would unless I pulled over and stopped the car from moving in order to do so.

[mistriTsquirrel]

If you truly can't remember anything at all about how you got from point A to point B, it may be due to medication, alcohol or drug intoxication, extreme tiredness or dissociative fugue.

When I "daydream" while I'm driving, I still remember a bit or piece of the journey, but I have had episodes of stress-induced fugue and extreme tiredness, and that is different.

If you're noticing that you don't know where you are or how you got there, please consult a doctor. If no medications or alcohol are involved, you are most likely extremely stressed out and/or not getting adequate sleep.

[minkbunny]

Having lost two immediate family members to distracted driving by others, some of these posts are very frightening to me.