Most Effective Ways to Stay Awake While Driving
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					Here are some sure-fire ways to keep yourself awake on your next long drive.
				
				
				
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						drinking coffee
						
 
					
						
					
				 
				
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						talk 
						
 
					
						to yourself or to others in the car
					
				 
				
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						listen to music
						
 
					
						
					
				 
				
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						roll the window down
						
 
					
						the fresh air will perk you right up
					
				 
				
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						drinking Mountain Dew
						
 
					
						this soda is purported to boast the highest sugar and caffeine contents of them all
					
				 
				
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						talk on your cell phone
						
 
					
						assuming it isn't illegal to do so in the state where you're driving
					
				 
				
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						eating snacks
						
 
					
						steer clear of carb-heavy snacks that will cause you to crash later on
					
				 
				
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						smoking
						
 
					
						
					
				 
				
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						singing
						
 
					
						
					
				 
				
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						dictating a novel or letters
						
 
					
						record yourself talking your way through a letter or novel or paper you need to write to keep you mind alert
					
				 
				
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						listen to talk radio
						
 
					
						best to listen to a program that is thoroughly disagreeable to you so you'll get engaged with it
					
				 
				
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						chew gum
						
 
					
						the mintier or spicier, the better
					
				 
				
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						energy drinks
						
 
					
						
					
				 
				
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						listen to a book on tape
						
 
					
						be careful with this one, though, as some narrators can lull you to sleep
					
				 
				
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						wash your face
						
 
					
						use a truck stop bathroom to freshen up
					
				 
				
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						pinch yourself
						
 
					
						
					
				 
				
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						slap your face
						
 
					
						
					
				 
				
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						chat on a CB radio
						
 
					
						
					
				 
				
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						walk around
						
 
					
						stop the car and walk or jog around it for a few minutes
					
				 
				
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						No-Doze tablets
						
 
					
						
					
				 
				
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