Night Driving

What are some tips for night driving? My company runs mostly nights and im use to sleeping at night and getting up early in the morning its a complete flip of my schedule. What are some tips to help me adjust to the night driving? Any tips is much appreciated!

Daniel, I work for Shaffer pulling reefers n let me tell you I am a night owl, to b honest I now prefer driving nights, less traffic n no problem finding parking at any truck stop, I will tell you tho, the biggest hazard I constantly find is deer in d road n other little critters that's been my experience so don't think is a bad thing, once you get ur sleeping cycle adjusted you'll be fine, hell you might just like it, .....out

What are some tips for night driving? My company runs mostly nights and im use to sleeping at night and getting up early in the morning its a complete flip of my schedule. What are some tips to help me adjust to the night driving? Any tips is much appreciated!

Thanks alot last shadow. I have to agree that its nice not having to deal with traffic. It just feels like im not getting use to it and that its taking forever for my body to adjust.

Daniel, I work for Shaffer pulling reefers n let me tell you I am a night owl, to b honest I now prefer driving nights, less traffic n no problem finding parking at any truck stop, I will tell you tho, the biggest hazard I constantly find is deer in d road n other little critters that's been my experience so don't think is a bad thing, once you get ur sleeping cycle adjusted you'll be fine, hell you might just like it, .....out

What are some tips for night driving? My company runs mostly nights and im use to sleeping at night and getting up early in the morning its a complete flip of my schedule. What are some tips to help me adjust to the night driving? Any tips is much appreciated!

I used to be a night owl, but I have adjusted to getting up early and starting out between 2:00 and 4:00 a.m. That's not always possible, of course. I'm parked very near my receiver, can't go in till 7:00, so I'll probably be driving late (till 9:00 or 10:00) tomorrow.

The thing that helped me adjust was just the desire to get it there and maximize my hours. Some days I get very tired though. A little exercise with more frequent 5 or 10 minute stops seems to help the most.

Yeah i find stopping and walking around helps but sometimes your not able to. I noticed having my music up will keep me awake specially if im jamming to it lol. I still get tired a lot. I know i wont adjust over night but it takes alot out of me.

I used to be a night owl, but I have adjusted to getting up early and starting out between 2:00 and 4:00 a.m. That's not always possible, of course. I'm parked very near my receiver, can't go in till 7:00, so I'll probably be driving late (till 9:00 or 10:00) tomorrow.

The thing that helped me adjust was just the desire to get it there and maximize my hours. Some days I get very tired though. A little exercise with more frequent 5 or 10 minute stops seems to help the most.

There is a point where you need to make the conscious decision to go to sleep. It's daylight, so your body doesn't mind being up and around, but you know it's bed time.

Set your idle and a/c, pull both the front and sleeper curtains closed, and hit the sack anyway. Do something boring. I have a solitaire game I play till I nod off from boredom.

I also like driving through the night, no sunglasses, no traffic. Weird stuff on the radio.

Protect your night vision. Cover or dim lights in the cab. The Sirius radio is like a welders torch at night. Keeping my eyes from straining is a big step in reducing fatigue.

Rob suggests:

Protect your night vision.

When you go into the store for coffee, wear sunglasses.

Freightliners (at least) have a red light in the cab. Use that instead of the white one. Red protects your night vision.

Protect your night vision. Cover or dim lights in the cab. The Sirius radio is like a welders torch at night. Keeping my eyes from straining is a big step in reducing fatigue.

That's good advice. I switch from contact lenses to my glasses at night. They have an anti-glare coating that helps reduce eye fatigue. I also use saline drops when my eyes feel a bit dry.

I love night driving... even b4 my cdl. I usually start between. Midnight and 3am depending on the load. No waits for blue beacons... no trying to find parking to shut down.

I usually do stop an hour or 2 for a nap. It depends on when I start. If I start at midnight then I stop for an hour around 4 to 5. If I start later then I take 2 hours from 7 to 9. (I miss work traffic that way).

If you can hold out til 6 when the sun comes up... it will boost you up a little. If you feel tired then stop!

If you need to walk around the. Pull into a fuel aisle and walk around. There are more drunks out at night too... so be careful.