Quote:That would explain it only if his passenger wasn't passed out <del>intoxicated </del> sleep with him. No way two people in the same car are so tired that they don't wake up after jumping a curb, splashing into a pond, and try to go back to sleep when an officer tries to wake you up. Thank God there was no one else in the oncoming lane moving at a high rate of speed or his bad night could have ended a lot worse.

I took a trip with this girl.


I drove back from Florida, going up north.


I drove the 1st 14 hours, then she insisted, after sleeping most of the night, of driving the remaining few hours.


Sure enough, she fell asleep, after I did the same. After plowing through a few lane markers, then a road sign, did I wake up and figure out we were off the highway and headed towards the woods. I only woke up after the dog we brought with us barked and actually startled me awake.


I started yelling ...or she never would have woken up. Only about 5k worth of damage to a truck I hadn't yet had 3 weeks. So be it. I also was lucky to be alive.


It can happen. And does. Sometimes, we all have a bit more confidence in ourselves than we think.

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