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I'm from Texas but went to college in Michigan. I used to sometimes drive it straight through (20 hours, with stops every 6 hours for fuel, food and toilet). The times I'd stop were because I'd start hallucinating, not because I couldn't stay awake. Was always super annoying having to stop since I'd invariably be 1-2 hours from my parents place.

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I’m super curious. Can you explain what you mean by hallucinations?

Normally I'd have the sense that I was seeing things in my periphery that weren't there. It was almost like having the fear that a deer was running into the road, except the deer was never there. It was distracting enough to be dangerous.

At 20 hours? I used to do that regularly. Wake up at 6 am, work, party til 2 am on a Friday. I've never heard of anyone hallucinating in that short of a time. That only happens when you're up for like 3 days straight.

> “I've never heard of anyone hallucinating in that short of a time.”

Did you… read the comment you’re replying to? Or just skip straight to writing the one-upper reply?

Staring at the road, especially at night, for that long doesn't help. I drove 16ish hours from Denver to Fargo with minimal breaks recently. Got to Jamestown, ND (not far from Fargo) and had to pull over because it was starting to get weird.

> I've never heard of anyone hallucinating in that short of a time.

Do you mean besides intentionally because of the effects of drugs and/or alcohol?

(Before people come for me: I’m not saying alcohol causes hallucinations, more that it affects perception and makes it very difficult to figure out if you’re tired enough to hallucinate)

Driving requires constant mental engagement. I find driving for 8 hours to be more tiring than a day of work.

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