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Driving 460 miles on nearly no sleep sucks.

When I first moved to Tn. I was still working in NY. 800 miles at night 7PM-7AM, then 7AM-7PM in the emergency room, then back to TN.
 
Back in the mid 70's I had a bona fide "falling asleep at the wheel" episode. I was in Maryland visiting. Needed to head back to Ohio. But.............. I'd been visiting all day and was getting a late start. While in Maryland I'd gotten sick. And it was winter time and the weather forecast was an unknown. Knowing I'd have to travel the Penn. Turnpike through the mountains I called the PTC for a weather update. They said, " a few flurries but it isn't supposed to get bad" So stupidly I headed out. By the time I hit the turnpike it was snowing like hell. I'm sick, I'm tired and now this.
Nothing to do except keep driving......except........it was snowing so much it caused my car to stall out. Rolled to the side of the road , popped the hood and there was wall to wall snow inside the engine compartment. Some guys from NYC stopped to give me a ride to the nearest Turnpike "oasis" (restaurant, gas station) Oh yeah, and I had no money on me, only a company credit card. So I call a tow truck, the guy meets me and we go to my car. Clear the snow and try to jump start it . No go. He says... well it's a bit of a risk but I could try 24 volts. We did, it cranked like crazy then finally fired off. I paid him and headed on my way . A little while later the snow pulled the exhaust completely off my car. So I spent the remainder of the trip with the open exhaust header droning in my ears. Finally got light when I was in Ohio... buzzing along I-70 thinking.... man I better not fall asleep. And then I promptly fell asleep. Next thing I know it sounds like I'm going over a rumble strip. But it wasn't. Turns out there had been some construction going on in the median, and bulldozer tracks in the mud had frozen..... and that's what sounded like a rumble strip. I had only enough time to jerk the wheel to the right as a bridge abutment was right in front of me. I was so startled that I didn't even get close to falling asleep for the remainder of the trip, and for another 3 hours after being at home. If it wasn't for those frozen tracks in the mud I would've been a splat on concrete.
 
A couple of years ago I drove from Portland Oregon to
scottsdale airazona and I only stopped for gas bathroom and food.

it took me about 24 hours.
 
I once drove from California to Michigan non-stop. About 2000 miles. Did it in about 30 hours. This was back in the day when the max speed on the highways was 65. I routinely drove from California to Colorado, about 900 miles, in only 12-13 hours. I usually did this after working all day and driving all night. Heck, my buddy and me drove from LA to Las Vegas in only 3.5 hours. A distance of about 280 miles. Those were some fun times. I sure am glad that I dont drive like that anymore.
 
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