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When you sneeze,your eyes automatically shut tight.
Don’t sneeze and drive.
I was just speaking with my father about this the other day. He sneezed while driving and I asked “do you ever think there was a car accident cased by a sneeze”?
Also for Shabbos: When you dont drive…drink!
Very true. And if you just need to sneeze and can’t make it stop, try rubbing your tongue on the roof of your mouth.
You can close your eyes for second while driving- nothing will happen. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve fallen asleep while driving, for a couple a seconds and bli ayin hora, nothing happenned.
Health, by all means PLEASE let us know when you plan to be on the road, so we can be elsewhere… 🙂
Seriously though, if that is happening, then you really should not be driving when you are that tired. We lost a dear friend who succumbed to his injuries, several days after hit a tree when he dozed off for “a few seconds.” No one’s family should go through such a loss.
health- i wish you well and hope you live to see your grandchildren,a reel car is not those that the kids play with,you know the matchbox ones, and by the way can you tell me which highway to avoid?lol!
I’ve been falling asleep so many times over so many years, I don’t even remember when I first did it. B”H, I’m finished my schooling. Studying in the Health Sciences and doing rotations can be very tiring.
health, next time nap when you are NOT behind the wheel.
my 22 y.o. niece and her 27 y.o. husband were tragically killed in a MVA when he allegedly fell asleep @ the wheel. R’L. …B’H, their 4 month old son survived w/o a scratch.
please pull over & rest as needed!! enuff said!
Are you supposed to wash Negel Vasser when you wake up in middle of driving?
you only need to wash your hands if you slep for more then half an hour, hope nobody sleeps that long behind the wheel…
“my 22 y.o. niece and her 27 y.o. husband were tragically killed in a MVA when he allegedly fell asleep @ the wheel. R’L. …B’H, their 4 month old son survived w/o a scratch.”
I remember hearing of such a tragedy some time ago. I am so sorry for your family’s loss.
right deiyezooger – sleep for more than a half an hour – sleep forever chas v’shalom – please don’t drive when you are tired and don’t text while driving.
Health,
We beg you, please be more careful; we want to keep on seeing you in the coffee room, not c”v in the news section!
thank you, oomis1105.
it was Chol HaMoed Succos 3 yrs ago.
always here, I knew your niece, she was in my grade. A wonderful girl. May her memory be blessed and may your family always have simchos and nachas.
eclipse- dont sneeze and drive
thats not true cuz when you sneeze even behind the wheel your hands are still in control of the wheel. when you doze off, the steering wheel gains control. simple
While falling asleep while driving is a cause of accidents and I see it bothers everyone here (which it should); does it bother you when people don’t buckle up or when they talk or text? Falling asleep -noone does consciously, but everything else they do with knowing, yet they continue to do it! Why is it so prevalent?
Health,
The answer (for me) is yes to all of your questions, to varying derees.
supposedly its impossible to sneeze with ur eyes open. i wonder if ur eyeballs would pop out.
Yummy you’re so Funny! I guess I could start a new speciality in medicine- Eyeball Stuffer. Can’t you see the ads now- If you sneeze and your eyes have popped -come to so and so for a push in!
HEALTH: I aint a qualified Rabbi by any stretch of the imagination. However I am sure most people will agree, that someone who gets behind the wheel knowing that he is tired, has the din of a Roidef.
Haba lehargecha hashkeim lehargoi.
You had better hide your identity, or else next time I see you behind the wheel I may end up reporting you.
The sensible solution is If you feel lethargic, take a nap before getting in that car, or get another driver to take you from a to b!
Health. A Family member was always falling asleep at the wheel and everywhere else for that matter.. He got himself checked and it turns out he suffers from Sleep Apnea!
Check it out. He sleeps with a machine and now he feels more refreshed etc..
I assume you know all about it with a screen name like yours..
try it. i did and i just didnt end up sneezing…lol
“I knew your niece, she was in my grade. A wonderful girl. May her memory be blessed and may your family always have simchos and nachas.”
thank you, Poster for your kind words. Amen!!
We all remember that very sad and tragic story, but how can we know if the driver fell asleep?
BTW how is the little miracle survivor doing?
oy, Mods– maybe I’m giving out a little too much info on my identity?! :/
yaff80- Just out of curiosity -do you go out everday in the street and when you see people talking on the phone (not hands-free), texting, speeding, blowing stop signs or red lights, do you go and report it?
oh health, I wont report you but I will definetly BEEEEEEEEEEEP…
I am very unhappy when my (married)children call me while they’re driving, even on speaker/handsfree– veryy distracting IMO!: I try to cut short the conversation asap.
texting is wayy worse, IMO, because the eyes go to the text, not the road!
and no one speeds in the car when I’m in it!
real sakunas! 🙁
(btw~ I don’t drive.)
driving home from my older daughter’s first date with her (prospective) chosson, he pulled over to rest for a good 15 plus minutes. 2 wise young people! He’s still very makpid about this… esp. because he has the whole family aboard now. B’H for sechel! 🙂
Health:
You may be correct to a certain extent, but your comparison is not that valid.
A texter/talker etc is conscious at least of their actions, although not totaly alert.
A sleeper is neither conscious nor alert.
I guess you took offence as the guilt is staring you in the face!
(Get some sleep, when you wake up, hopefully this may prove to be nothing more than a dream/nightmare)!
yaff80, a rodeph is a rodeph.
Don’t blink and drive?
Yaff 80 -That’s exactly my point. You seem more disturbed that someone falls asleep during driving than someone doing other things. The guy who falls asleep isn’t conscious of what he is doing. It shouldn’t be worse than the other negligent acts which are done on purpose!
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