Too Tired..not safe to drive

Tzarh SG

Finally hit by fatigue driving..guess though my will is strong but my body aint.

Drive 17th night till 2plus am and sleep at 3.30am....next day 18th wakeup at 6am etc etc go to work...check emails etc etc...430pm drive till 8pm (ask owner can get rent discount if return early he say no)...fatigue sets in..body cannot drive..return taxi and drive off my car go hom..sleep like log.

Even while driving on the 18th make a few mistakes such as blocking in give way area. 1st driver horn i say sorry...2nd driver horn and show me hands "why liek tat" when car is not moving due to red light..i show the little finger. Evil horn start coming out.

Today 19th Oct 6am body feel renergised. So no more drive till late at night if less than 5hrs sleep. Anyway no harm trying but good to know my body cant take it so confirm wont do again such stunts even luck is on my side that night. It was a lucky night...never ending pax and seldom kena such pattern so thats why greed won over. lol

Poolman SG

dun.wait til u.kena humtum $2140 then u wake up . Wake up now . Be fair to us , we dun want one more road hazard on the road .

lastly be fair to.your body .

money only , tan buay liao one , life there is only one .

Poolman SG

now.young still can tahan , but we gets weaker each day as we got older.

Poolman SG

weak in a sense , we can never match 30 yrs old and 40 yrs old .

Red5xx SG

dun.wait til u.kena humtum $2140 then u wake up . Wake up now . Be fair to us , we dun want one more road hazard on the road .

lastly be fair to.your body .

money only , tan buay liao one , life there is only one .

Be fair to taxi cop also...

dun kena $2140, kpkb taxi cop eat ur $$$$

bowah SG

Now you know why most TDs looks so haggered, face full of MRT lines and hair getting lesser, other than personal problem unable to let go, more is on stress and tired after driving long hours.

As said, money is everywhere, takes your time. Not only you need to sleep to regenerate, even car engine also need to rest..if not after another fire on the road

I personally feel that when you are fresher, you tends to drive better, alert on road and calls, and naturally, can generate more profits.

decent02 SG

There are times when I slept for 4 hours before my shift

You will get tired after few hours of driving

so TD please get enough sleep

When I get tired , my eyes have a hard time opening

need to blink and stretch my eye lips wide open

this is the tell tale sign

then need to pop a hacks

normally when reached this stage, I will end my shift earlier and go home and sleep

very dangerous

last sun rained and also I did not get enough rest

therefore i banged people’s backside just within split seconds of not focusing enough

driving taxi needs 100% focus

bowah SG

Yes, once I hv to bite my lip to stay awake on way to airport, then from AP, even p n g, i also all way back jurong and sleep.

However, driving casket van, i can hardly sleep, so noisy with those ching tong chang, TD is different, once pax quiet type, it become very monotonous, and on a cruising road down ECP, anything can happen.

decent02 SG

sometimes follow my advise to go home and sleep is no good

once reached your bed…knn sleep until song song

$$$ fly away

a better advise is to drive under a coconut tree or multi carpark
rest for 1 hour

once I park under a tree in Re Hotel … quite shiok too
sleep for few hours
nobody chase me away …haha

Tzarh SG

Usually i very strict cause next day working mah but dont noe why only for that day...pax after pax after pax wave me whereas i see so many empty cabs but mine is like kena 4d liek that...non stop pax ....so greed get over me i guess...

U knowlah sometimes when we say its so easy but when presented with life scenario...we tend to do opposite of what we say or practise. Easy say then do for my case lol.

Example i will say even if naked woman seduce me..i will think of etc etc but when its presented in front of my eyes...my other brother freeze my brain and take over...wakakakaka

cyben764 SG

I don't usually feel sleepy driving, even with my cab no radio. Guess use to it, drive without radio at slow speeds during army time.

But there was once my eyes super sleepy, but i counter that by taking a 15min power nap.

I see some drivers take naps too long, you guys should read this:

http://www.wikihow.com/Power-Nap

I always take power nap, and the coffee before nap really works, but for taxi driving only did once at Bus stop Upp Thomson Road towards Sembawang just before SLE.

I always put 20min timer cos i know it roughly takes me 5min to sleep,

The statements below really true for Power Nap

Sleeping for any longer than 20 minutes will be counterproductive. Sleeping more than 30 minutes can lead to sleep inertia, making you feel sluggish and more tired than ever.

If you want to drive 24hrs, like one Graduate Driver, also can. Do like what the famous scientist Thomas Edison did, every one hour awake take 15 min nap. Sounds exterme but thats roughly 6hours worth of nap a day actually

bowah SG

For me, funny how, when got pax going long trip, feel sleepy, once they drop off, knn, no feel sleepy liao..cos start looking like a wolf again...

Cash Lee SG

Can also try this

YNWA_LFC SG

Try taking a bottle of warm essence of chicken before starting your shift. I take every morning and it really help me. Feel fresh and energetic whole morning till hand over taxi but hor in between I also take many coffeeshop breaks la LOL

Rbs70 SG

That's why I say drive taxi must talk, talk, talk mah...........

Talk won't make you sleepy........if pax don't want to talk to me, than I talk 3 talk 4 in walkie group loh.............

But if tired, better like some say, park somewhere and take power nap(but remember to wake up, lol).........because drive taxi very knn 1, when you are sleepy, all the trips you pick all long distance 1, tio bo?..........

cyben764 SG

Long time ago, before i drove cab, I ever saw a TD sleep at traffic light with passenger! Pax sleeping, TD also sleeping. I still remember it was at Thomson Rd, under the MacRitchie Flyover.

I was driving a van at that time, i was going towards Lornie my lights just turned red, the taxi was already there. The taxi light green, but the cab never move. I can see pax sleeping. When my light green, i saw the driver also sleeping.

It was around 3am in the morning.

On another note, worse sleeping driver i met was at Bukit Batok East Ave 5 and East Ave 2 junction at the Mosque, long time back it was just a single lane. A pte car driver fell asleep at that junction. 2-3 cars behind him, lights green he never move. i was the 3rd vehicle, all honk at him.. Still never move, then slowly one by one overtake.. When i overtake, saw the driver asleep..

Poolman SG

Enough rest a must , nothing to compromise .

Drink what eat what just temporary .

Want drive taxi long term for your family , enough rest for them .

Go home in a piece , not in a box , sent home by Bowah .

Poolman SG

some lied on bed few hours also cannot sleep type ...

and caused them to be steam steam after start work ...... drink a cup of hot milk , works good .

Poolman SG

minimum 6 hours of sleep after 12 hours of driving is a must for taxi drivers .

hammerhammer8888 SG

Ya power nap very important. Few days ago start early 4am go pick durian. Then go another durian at 6:15am reach the second durian place at Tan Chong Motor about 6am. Saw my durian waiting at the lobby. He din see me so I turn into Wilby Road take power nap. 6:15am sharp then go pick durian. He ask me just now see one taxi OC issit me? I tell him no lah I just rush down from Holland so cannot be me...But after the 15 min power nap I can last whole morning until 9am. So power nap is a must.