East Side Story

This week I learned something very important: don't drive tired. Ever. I know I've said it here plenty of times, but I still fall for this.

I flew from Los Angeles to New York at night, which means I hardly got any sleep. Then I took the new car (Honda Civic, if you must ask) which has no GPS. I tried to get out of New York City on my own, but it just didn't work.

Luckily, I found some internet connection and found instructions using Google Maps. This was a six hour drive, but I was really tired. I had to pull over in one of the rest areas and get some sleep before I could keep going.

Finally, I arrived to Canada, which made everything more complicated, since all road signs are in French. Luckily, my instructions were still in English.

Next week: Maine and Boston.

Nadav

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Autopilot Driving

Being tired is a fact of life. It cannot be avoided. However, driving when tired is avoidable and higly not recommended. Sometimes I find myself driving tired (and I'm not proud of it), and then I drive the car on autopilot.

This autopilot driving just gets me where I want without much attention to my surroundings. I just move forward, changing lanes from time to time, and somehow getting to my destination. If you ever arrived somewhere and can't remember the way, you were probably on autopilot.

Try to avoid this situation as much as possible, since it's very dangerous. Make sure your car provides the best environment for driving: radio, functioning air conditioner (it's much easier to fall asleep when the car is hot), and a partner (recommended). That will make sure to get you out of that autopilot mode.

Nadav

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