Quote: Originally Posted by j-dogg Speed keeps me awake. 85-90mph, yeah I know it's stupid but I know where I can do it and when. I rarely ever drive drowsy but when I start to feeling that way I just carve up some backroads and I'm good for a couple hours. Speed makes the brain have to focus on the road instead of trodding along at the same mindless dull speed everyone else is going. It also makes you pay attention to whats going on, who is doing what and of course, to watch for police. Now I'm not saying 85 or 90 through a city street or a crowded highway, there's a time and a place for everything and there aren't too many of both for that kind of stuff at 2am. It depends on the route too.

Dogg, I used to be able to do that... After you get so many miles behind you, it just feels like someone took a tire iron to your body. Hell, I just got back from a 300 mile run and I feel fine... no big deal. Hell, I got back at 7:00PM, did my homework for three hours and now I'm going out in a few minutes to go do my grocery shopping and take movie rental back. 500 is more interesting... 800 to 900 is where you start to hit tired and hurting, anything over 1,000 is iron-man time. It doesn't help I'm always operating from exhaustion (I wake up tired and ready to go to bed, I push myself through my day... too much work. I always come back from vacation feeling like I've dropped ten years off my shoulders but it only takes a week to push me back into the shape I'm in now), but all in all, even a healthy person can feel the effects after enough time and milage. I used to take most trips at about 100 miles an hour. I made it 135 miles in under an hour (got into a race with a BMW) and I had fun there... but after six encounters with the law (two tickets, two expired tags, and two warnings and others that didn't yield a ticket, but gave me long thoughts of losing my license), I usually keep it to 5 to 10 within the limit.

Don't get me wrong... a visit by "the man" gives you a wonderous amount of nervous energy the first few times... then it's "Yeah, thanks officer... bang up job on spotting my expired tags there... nice to know my tax dollars are protecting me from myself and the dangers of expired license plates! Considering I really don't have plans to stay in the state that much longer, I thought I might just replace the plates after I move, but I now realize I'm a criminal who deserves to be punished! Oh wait, I think I might do a couple miles over the speed limit! Help, I may actually arrive early to my destination!!! This must not be!" (I would never say this to a cop as I don't see a point besides pissing them off, but I sure as hell can think it!)