Re: phones, drinks, smokes & manual transmissions

[Aleksander Mierzwa <alex@matrix.pl>]

At 16:16 21.08.98 -0500, R. Cummings wrote:

>make two or three trips between Ft. Worth TX and Buffalo NY each year, a
>distance of about 1,400 miles each way. I do this in two days driving 12 to
>13 hours each day. The trick is to stay alert at 65 to 75 mph for such
>extended periods. Now, I agree with the cell phone thing. It is hard to
>juggle the phone, balance a hot cup of coffee and flick the ash off my cigar
>into the ever shrinking ash trays. But without the phone it's do-able.

In Europe it is a common practice to make frequent stops during longer
trips. Although my 5KT is an US spec car, it has a nifty feature in the
trip computer: it will start to blink after driving for more than 2 hours
without stop. Every 2-3 hours I pull over, then eat, drink and do few
simple exercises to fight fatigue. A 5min stop every 2 hours doesn't slow
you a bit and you don't have to eat and drink while driving.

Aleksander Mierzwa
Warsaw, Poland
mailto:alex@matrix.com.pl
87 Audi 5000CS turbo (mine)
88 Renault Medallion wagon (mom's)
91 mountain bike (just in case both cars broke at the same time :-)