For a long time spent by the driver driving a car, can lead to the loss of control over the situation on the road. Situations at which the driver falls asleep behind the wheel of his car is especially dangerous. At the same time, he risks not only his life, but also the life of the participants in the road and pedestrians.

The most difficult time of the year is not for long trips

The situation is sharpened in the autumn-winter periods, due to a shortened light day and regular weather.

Factor of seasonal drowsiness requires increased attention from car owners.

There are three laws whose violation in most cases leads to tragic consequences on the road.

Almost every motorist is known about them.

Riding better day

First, it is necessary to revise the need to travel at night.

If urgency is minimal, then it is better to postpone the scheduled departure.

In the event of the inevitability of the trip, it is better to go to bed a few hours before departure.

It is necessary to take into account that after work it is better not to ride, since this is at times increasing the likelihood of dangerous situations.

Behind the wheel - with good well-being

Secondly, the driver is very undesirable to travel with poor well-being.

If the symptoms of malaise or any violations are manifested before being sent in the work of the body - transfer the date of the trip.

If the fatigue began to appear and overcomes drowsiness, go to the side of the road and relax.

If time is enough, then you can take a break of 25-35 minutes.

Even a short break will help get rid of the desire to sleep.

What factors affect the duration of the trip without stopping

If we talk about long trips, it is necessary to consider that for each driver the duration should be calculated individually.

The formulas for determining the "far road" is not, since the significant influence of different factors does not allow it to calculate.

For example, the number of such factors includes: experience and driving experience, psychological and physical condition of the motorist, brand and technical specifications of the car, coating and road loading, weather conditions.

It's a pleasant and faster to drive around the dry track of 450-550 km in a summer hot day on a modern car without congestion on the road than a rainy or snow-covered country, half a broken road on the autumn day on an old car of Soviet production 150-200 km.

You can measure distance distance only by the number of time spent on the path, but not by mallometer passed between the point of shipment and arrival.

It follows that a long-term is considered a trip, which was spent more than five hours, not including stops as needed to sleep and rest.

Conditions helping the driver on the trip

Trips, taking a lot of time, require planning.

The desire to sleep is manifested in a person not only at night, but also during the day.

From about 10 to 11 am, from 16 to 17 days and from 22 to 23 pm.

At a long trip, it is better to go with a passenger.

To distract the driver from falling asleep, the passenger can lead with the first long and interesting conversation.

In the process of conversation, the brain does not show signals to sleep.

But there is both the back of the medal - as soon as the passenger starts to yawn and fall asleep, the driver will certainly be a desire to sleep with a double force.

If you have to go alone, it will make the desired effect and will cast a sleep listening to audiobook and music.

But it is not necessary to get involved in long listening, the sound of the speakers can burn even the experienced driver.

Experts strongly recommend periodically to change the tempo and the volume of music, as well as styles and directions.

If you listen to music for 45 minutes, then you should spend the same amount of time in silence.

A brief stay on the trip - obligatory

Stop at long trips are very important.

Let them last long, but the influence on the body is large.

It is important not just to stop, but also go out and walk around the car, make several warm-up exercises.

After you can take a break, if a desire has appeared.

What better eat and drink driving

Many drivers helps forget about the desire to sleep simple chewing, food or chewing.

On an excessively full or hungry stomach, it is undesirable to go on the road.

To arrange a snack, take fruit, eggs, vegetables and fervent products on the road.

Seeds, drying or apples help not break away from the helm for a long time.

Caffeine-containing drinks will be suitable from drink, but only if the driver does not show side effects for this product, i.e. Enhance arterial pressure, cardiovascular diseases and others.

Refresh and chew

Very often, drivers open windows in the car so that the breeze drove drowsiness, fresh cold air helps to cheer up.

You can also wash your face with water.

But smoking at a driver's seat has a negative impact not only on the body, but also contributes to falling asleep.

Technique guarding the driver's wake

In the IBM laboratory, experts are engaged in the development of special devices that help the driver with a variety of methods do not fall asleep.

They created an artificial interlocutor who could recognize the driver's voice and for the entire period of the trip to captivate the second interesting topics for the conversation. If the virtual assistant will suspect the driver in a fallback, then it will surely open the window to let fresh air. Or will take more radical measures.

He is able to put a stream of water right in the face of the driver who will certainly wake up from such a generous gesture from the side of the Assistant.

Also, he will turn on louder music to wake up.

Other companies also develop assistant devices for car enthusiasts.

Tightening alarms are diverse, complex in their structure.

Sometimes they have the form of musical headphones with mount on the head.

If the driver start to roll into a dream, then the loud sound sweeps on the cabin, from which the driver wakes up.

Truckers are mostly used by these devices.

When assembling most of the modern cars, the package includes electronic helpers, which analyze the position of the vehicle when moving relative to the pointer on the asphalt.

If for some reason the car began to deviate away from the markup, and the rebuilding signal was not turned on, the system will start to feed the loud sound signals, the vibration will send to the steering wheel, the alarm will turn on, and the machine will be smoothly stopped.

On the highways contained in perfect manner having clear road markings, these types of devices are simply indispensable.

But all this is not yet for Russian roads.