For those of you pushing the envelope on sleep depravation, I saw(and
actually owned) an alarm from driving that hung from your ear and if the
head slumped sideways or down, it set off a rather startling alarm
guaranteed to wake you up.  Only use this alarm once per trip!!  After it
goes off the first time, it's time to sleep.  I think my mother got it for
me for Christmas several years ago at a Sharper Image or similar catalogue.

If I listen to music that I can't stand, that helps too.  My wife prefers
listening to audio books, especially Grisham and Koontz.

DM&FS
-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Henning <eric.henning@US.ABB.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Friday, February 18, 2000 4:07 AM
Subject: Re: Asleep at the Wheel

>True Story:
>
>My brother lives in Rochester, NY.  We live down by Philly, PA.  Several
times a
>year we visit him and his family.  This one particular time I did not go
but my
>sister, mother & father went.  About halfway there my mother took over the
>driving.  Having done this trip many times it is quite boring now.  After
about
>an hour my father and sister were dozing peacefully, rocked to sleep by the
land
>yacht  Oldsmobile.  Sure enough, my mother joined them in their sleep and
>drifted off the road into the median at about 60 mph.  She said she woke up
>dreaming she heard my father gently calling her name.  Well, it was no
dream and
>he wasn't gently calling her anything.  He was screaming at the top of his
lungs
>and trying to get the car back onto the road.  Only by some incredible
luck,
>grace of God, etc... they did not hit an embankment, pole, sign, or flip
over
>when my father jerked the wheel.  When your head starts bobbing, it's time
to
>pull over.
>
>Not a True Story:
>
>When asked how he wanted to die, my grandfather replied " I want to go
>peacefully in my sleep, not screaming and crying like everybody else in the
car"
>
>Eric H.
>80 westy