1) pull over every couple of hours and do some exercises, get your blood
oxygenated again
2) pull over and take a nap for a quarter to a half hour

It's better to use a little time this way than to use it in a hospital...or
worse.

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> From: Max/Joyce Wellhouse <maxjoyce@IPA.NET>
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Any secrets for staying awake at the wheel?(little
vanagoncontent)
> Date: Thursday, February 17, 2000 2:29 PM
>
> We've all had our troubles getting sleepy at the wheel in our
> Vanagons(required content), so does anyone have any sure fire
methods(short
> of speed and caffeine) that keep you alert when burning the miles up late
at
> night.  the last thing we want to do is sail off the road and as Jimmy
> Buffet so eloquently crooned, "...was quickly woken up by a Ma Bell
> telephone pole...".  Not only would this bag of tricks keep our Vanagons
> healthy(bonus vanagon content), but it could do wonders for our own
physical
> well being.
>
> DM&FS