If you are going to operate a vehicle, you must first meet the following criteria:
1. You must have a valid driver's license as issued by your state of residence.
2. You must not be under the influence of any hallucinogenic narcotic.
3. You must not be emotionally unstable*
4. You must not be deprived of sleep.
I'm not sure if those driving prerequisites are on any sort of legal documentation, but they definitely should be. While the first three are remarkably self-explanatory, the fourth needs a bit of informational development.
Sleep deprivation is a dreary topic for most people, but those who are morally awake never tire of pursuing safety. You may think that you can pull an all-nighter and drive to work the next morning with blinking being the only time your eyes have shut in the last 24 hours, but you can't. But wait...I'll bet you will tell me you have a fool-proof tactic for staying awake; but let me inform you it's all been done before. Here are some of the most original that I have heard:
Taping your eyelids open
Turning on some music
Turning off the music
Rolling down the windows
Slapping yourself
Screaming
Shooting yourself in the foot with a BB Gun whenever you hit the rumble strips
I will testify that the last one does actually work, but I doubt any of you are that committed to life. I have attempted all this and more in an attempt to stay awake, I even tried all of them simultaneously, which must have been a comical scene for fellow motorists**
Take my advice; don't drive when sleep deprived. In fact, if you are the kind of person to read a blog like this, don't drive at all. You obviously aren't intelligent enough to operate a vehicle.
*Please note my discretion in not making #3, "You must not be female." I believe women--under controlled circumstances--can in fact operate a vehicle almost as well as some men (e.g. Clinton, the host of 'What not to Wear')
**Just imagine driving by a car with music blasting the shutters off nearby houses, windows rolling up and down, the driver screaming and slapping himself all while waving a BB Gun in the air...
Date Levi
13 years ago
1 comment:
YEah man your right about the asteriks. Asteriks are kind of hard to follow. THe two you had in this one weren't hard at all. But when i had five that was no good,(and i wrrote it)So i redid them on word and they made them footnotes and if you click on them in the text it shoots straight down to the bottm to read what you want. You should try it, it gives you a little rush.
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