{"id":1515,"date":"2024-07-19T01:43:55","date_gmt":"2024-07-19T01:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mintal.com\/blog\/?p=1515"},"modified":"2024-07-23T10:31:07","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T10:31:07","slug":"how-to-stay-alert-and-awake-while-driving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mintal.com\/blog\/how-to-stay-alert-and-awake-while-driving\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Stay Alert and Awake While Driving?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>This post contains affiliate links. If you want to buy sth related to health, lifestyle, daily necessities, you can get products at\uff1a<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4b4NAiT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4b4NAiT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/4b4NAiT<\/a><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Drowsy driving, along with drunk driving, is one of the major traffic problems worldwide. The consequences it results can be fatal but the behavior itself can be neglected by most people.<\/p>\n<p>I believe that most of us have considered that we could beat drowsiness while driving? We&#8217;re so sure that we get in the car, yawning, but it turns out that we can&#8217;t. Like drunkenness, sleepiness can be very powerful. Statistics show that in America alone,15% to 33% of fatal crashes might involve drowsy drivers.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"How to Stay Alert and Awake While Driving?-Mintal\" title=\"How to Stay Alert and Awake While Driving?-Mintal\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1516\" src=\"https:\/\/mintal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/How-to-Stay-Alert-and-Awake-While-Driving_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1146\" height=\"720\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_22 counter-hierarchy\">\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/mintal.com\/blog\/how-to-stay-alert-and-awake-while-driving\/#How_to_Tell_If_You_Or_Your_Loved_One_Is_Driving_Drowsily\" title=\"How to Tell If You Or Your Loved One Is Driving Drowsily?\u00a0\">How to Tell If You Or Your Loved One Is Driving Drowsily?\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/mintal.com\/blog\/how-to-stay-alert-and-awake-while-driving\/#How_to_Stay_Alert_and_Awake_While_Driving\" title=\"How to Stay Alert and Awake While Driving?\">How to Stay Alert and Awake While Driving?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/mintal.com\/blog\/how-to-stay-alert-and-awake-while-driving\/#Conclusion\" title=\"Conclusion\">Conclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Tell_If_You_Or_Your_Loved_One_Is_Driving_Drowsily\"><\/span><strong>How to Tell If You Or Your Loved One Is Driving Drowsily?\u00a0<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>There are some typical signs as follows:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Nodding and blinking a lot, having a hard time keeping focused on the front view<\/li>\n<li>Experience wandering or disconnected thoughts<\/li>\n<li>Have difficulty keeping your eyes open and yawning repeatedly<\/li>\n<li>Have trouble keeping your head straight up<\/li>\n<li>Drift from your lane or hit a rumble strip<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>If you have any of these signs, don&#8217;t hesitate and pull over to a safe place.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"How to Stay Alert and Awake While Driving?-Mintal\" title=\"How to Stay Alert and Awake While Driving?-Mintal\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1517\" src=\"https:\/\/mintal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/How-to-Stay-Alert-and-Awake-While-Driving_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1146\" height=\"720\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Stay_Alert_and_Awake_While_Driving\"><\/span><strong>How to Stay Alert and Awake While Driving?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>1. Menthol oil can be helpful<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Put some menthol oil on a tissue and inhale it when you feel drowsy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Drinking some coffee and tea<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Talking about what you can drink, a moderate amount of tea and coffee can boost your energy up.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. <a href=\"https:\/\/mintal.com\/blog\/how-long-is-a-power-nap\/\">Take a nap<\/a> after you drink coffee<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The caffeine you take won&#8217;t work immediately. So it&#8217;s better to shut your eyes for 20-30 minutes before you hit the road.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Don&#8217;t drive long distances alone<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Talking to a companion can distract your mind from sleepiness. Plus you can take turns driving.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Watch the temperature<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Warmth can make you tend to nod off more. If you are driving in a hot summer, make sure that you&#8217;re not staying in a greenhouse.<\/p>\n<p><strong>6. Take a break at least every 2-3 hours<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Why not pull over to a safe place, walk around and stretch.<\/p>\n<p><strong>7. Rock &#8216;n&#8217; roll on the road<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Put on some loud music and rock yourself. Loud music can excite your brain and drive your tiredness away. But don&#8217;t get too excited. Safety is most important.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"How to Stay Alert and Awake While Driving?-Mintal\" title=\"How to Stay Alert and Awake While Driving?-Mintal\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1518\" src=\"https:\/\/mintal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/How-to-Stay-Alert-and-Awake-While-Driving_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1146\" height=\"720\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion\"><\/span><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Overall, it&#8217;s better to be safe than sorry. &#8220;Drink and drive&#8221; is always a NO. Alcohol reduces your mobility and makes your tiredness even worse. Never drive while your brain is telling you that you&#8217;re tired.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; color: #e24c41;\"><a class=\"artical-but\" href=\"https:\/\/mintal.onelink.me\/ZTyM\/sleeptracker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Free Download Mintal App<\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drowsy driving is one of the major traffic problems worldwide. So How to stay alert and awake while driving?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_daextam_enable_autolinks":"1","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[128,129],"class_list":["post-1515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sleep","tag-stay-alert-and-awake-while-driving","tag-drowsy-driving"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mintal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mintal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mintal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mintal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mintal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1515"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/mintal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1676,"href":"https:\/\/mintal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1515\/revisions\/1676"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mintal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mintal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mintal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mintal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}