::10 ways to know that you're asleep on your bike
1) You unintentionally wobble or shift from side to side considerably more than you usually do (provided you can actually ride in a straight line normally).
2) The bike in front of you has somehow been replaced by a small moving light (at night only).
3) Your spatial ability takes a plunge and you suddenly have difficulty navigating spaces and judging distances between obstacles.
4) Everything is two dimensional. Cars, people, trees, lamposts, they're all part of the backdrop. Or are they?!!! Help!!!
5) Simple instructions mean nothing to you. "Tiger on your right!" Oh I see. (calmly) Tiger on my right. (actually doesn't understand the meaning of the words at all).
6) When faced with an object in front of you, you are momentarily stumped by what you should do with it. (eg. That's a tree. What do you do when you meet a tree? Hmmm...I knew how to handle this before but now I don't, wonder why. Better stop by the side until I can figure out what.)
7) You can't even identify the object. (It's tall and brown at the bottom with green leaves on top. It looks hard. It doesn't move. There are little moving monkeys in it. Just what could it be? I don't know up, but better don't hit it anyway.)
8) Your mind starts to wander and you start thinking of strange unrelated thoughts. (Cheese fries or normal fries? Cheese fries better. No, normal fries. But cheese fries have cheese. So which is better? But cheese fries are soggier....BIKE!!!! WAAAAUGGGHHHH!!!!)
9) You become hypnotised by the tail light of the bike in front. Flash flash flash. Flash flash flash. Flash flash flash, etc.
10) The scenery starts to look dreamlike and surreal, with lovely moving lights and colours. Even worse, it changes to what you're actually dreaming about. Dangerous.
Being half asleep on your bike is pretty dangerous. Just today, I barelled headlong into the bike in front of me when it decided to stop (sorry vic), with signals and everything. The worst thing was that I didn't realise what was happening and only woke up when my front wheel made contact and the shock threw me awake. I should have guessed that I was too tired but I failed to recognise the warning signs earlier on (yes, they all happened) and well, it happened. Accidents (like factory workers accidently geting their fingers chopped off by machines, etc.) can happen when people are tired, whether you're on bike or on foot or in car or what. So please get enough rest, people.
(suddenly realised I'm supposed to be sleeping and I'm not getting enough rest either. So good nite. Gotta go for some briefing tomorrow)
2) The bike in front of you has somehow been replaced by a small moving light (at night only).
3) Your spatial ability takes a plunge and you suddenly have difficulty navigating spaces and judging distances between obstacles.
4) Everything is two dimensional. Cars, people, trees, lamposts, they're all part of the backdrop. Or are they?!!! Help!!!
5) Simple instructions mean nothing to you. "Tiger on your right!" Oh I see. (calmly) Tiger on my right. (actually doesn't understand the meaning of the words at all).
6) When faced with an object in front of you, you are momentarily stumped by what you should do with it. (eg. That's a tree. What do you do when you meet a tree? Hmmm...I knew how to handle this before but now I don't, wonder why. Better stop by the side until I can figure out what.)
7) You can't even identify the object. (It's tall and brown at the bottom with green leaves on top. It looks hard. It doesn't move. There are little moving monkeys in it. Just what could it be? I don't know up, but better don't hit it anyway.)
8) Your mind starts to wander and you start thinking of strange unrelated thoughts. (Cheese fries or normal fries? Cheese fries better. No, normal fries. But cheese fries have cheese. So which is better? But cheese fries are soggier....BIKE!!!! WAAAAUGGGHHHH!!!!)
9) You become hypnotised by the tail light of the bike in front. Flash flash flash. Flash flash flash. Flash flash flash, etc.
10) The scenery starts to look dreamlike and surreal, with lovely moving lights and colours. Even worse, it changes to what you're actually dreaming about. Dangerous.
Being half asleep on your bike is pretty dangerous. Just today, I barelled headlong into the bike in front of me when it decided to stop (sorry vic), with signals and everything. The worst thing was that I didn't realise what was happening and only woke up when my front wheel made contact and the shock threw me awake. I should have guessed that I was too tired but I failed to recognise the warning signs earlier on (yes, they all happened) and well, it happened. Accidents (like factory workers accidently geting their fingers chopped off by machines, etc.) can happen when people are tired, whether you're on bike or on foot or in car or what. So please get enough rest, people.
(suddenly realised I'm supposed to be sleeping and I'm not getting enough rest either. So good nite. Gotta go for some briefing tomorrow)
