Sunday, Oct 21, 2012 at 10:45
You can't gauge fatigue by any means prior to any day, any hour. Factors such as weather,
geography, previous amount of sleep, levels of concentration required, diet and food consumption are all very relevant variables. You just have to be aware of `yourself'. Be aware of the onset of fatigue BEFORE you get to the point where you wander across the road or fail to react. This is already at a point that you shouldn't be at.
The only constructive thing we can add is to aggree with Motherhen. We usually try to avoid travelling outback after dark. If concerns about fatigue are the issue here, then its another good reason to avoid night driving. Not only is animal strike an overiding concern, but ulitimately `the threat of...' is just as worrying. Driving in the dark, requires so much more concentration and awarness. Constant scanning into the bush along the sides of the roads can be very taxing and therefore generates its own fatigue.
Different travellers have their own sets of personal guidlines for trips. Our policy is to set realistic goals for getting to where we want to be. Generally we'll know where we want to get to. We then look into 3 possible stage stops. As we reach one, we'll see how we feel. If all good, then we'll continue on to stop 2. Again, reasses the situation and either carry on, or stop. It works
well for us but again doesn't really work if you have a deadline and have to cover a set amount kilometres and are restricted by time. In these situations for us, we try to build in some margin for travel when we have to be somewhere at a precise date.
Again, simple enough system and maybe not appropriate to your trip here. Its just about planning, and what you want to get out of a trip. Ultimately planning is laid out be the under lying essence of the trip.....leisure or function?
Good luck, travel safe.......and don't drive tired!!! LOL
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