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Posted on 12/20/20 at 4:12 pm to fallguy_1978
A driver can only fo 11 hours driving a day. Most trucks are governed in the 70mph range.
People couldn't do it, cause you will not make the turn 90 times in a row. You will breakdown or hit traffic somewhere. 2-3 hours extra and you are driving on stimulants. You are wrecking eventually. Its almost 100k miles in 90 days. Most normal people do that in 5 years. It will take a huge physcial toil..
People couldn't do it, cause you will not make the turn 90 times in a row. You will breakdown or hit traffic somewhere. 2-3 hours extra and you are driving on stimulants. You are wrecking eventually. Its almost 100k miles in 90 days. Most normal people do that in 5 years. It will take a huge physcial toil..
Posted on 12/20/20 at 4:15 pm to Capitaino
I love driving so I’d take the challenge
That drive from Mobile to Montgomery might make some people blow their brains out after a couple of weeks straight.
ETA: Can you drive different ways or do you have to drive the same way there and back every time?
10/65/85 is faster but not much faster than 59/20 so you could make a circle and change it up to make it a little better
That drive from Mobile to Montgomery might make some people blow their brains out after a couple of weeks straight.
ETA: Can you drive different ways or do you have to drive the same way there and back every time?
10/65/85 is faster but not much faster than 59/20 so you could make a circle and change it up to make it a little better
This post was edited on 12/20/20 at 4:17 pm
Posted on 12/20/20 at 4:16 pm to Capitaino
I used to drive from Ft Bragg to Baton Rouge several times a year. I would eat in the truck and piss In Gatorade bottles only stopping for gas.
I’d be a stone cold lock millionaire on this challenge.
I’d be a stone cold lock millionaire on this challenge.
Posted on 12/20/20 at 4:17 pm to Fox McCloud
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Easily. No question
This. What kind of person asks this question.
Posted on 12/20/20 at 4:17 pm to Capitaino
Can I get an advance on the $10m to put towards my Audible bill?
Posted on 12/20/20 at 4:17 pm to Capitaino
Yes and yes. But 7:46 is a pipe dream these days. I've made this drive too many times to count.
This post was edited on 12/20/20 at 4:41 pm
Posted on 12/20/20 at 4:20 pm to brmark70816
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People couldn't do it, cause you will not make the turn 90 times in a row. You will breakdown or hit traffic somewhere. 2-3 hours extra and you are driving on stimulants. You are wrecking eventually. Its almost 100k miles in 90 days. Most normal people do that in 5 years. It will take a huge physcial toil..
I'm 100% sure that I could do it for $10 million. It might require Adderall, but that's a job I'd get done.
Posted on 12/20/20 at 4:22 pm to Capitaino
Would do it for $350k
Posted on 12/20/20 at 4:23 pm to LSUtigerME
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I could do that for 90 days, but it would be pretty miserable.
That’s also 90,000+ miles. I’m assuming I can swap vehicles and get some type of overnight maintenance that doesn’t consume the travel window?
I feel like a car accident would end a lot of people's efforts. 90 days of at best like 5 hours of sleep - if you drink coffee later in a trip to make it to the destination, you will likely get far less sleep.
Plus all the traffic issues, bad rainstorms, etc. - average nightly sleep will probably be like 4hours at best, I could see it being even less.
Truck Driver's rules are:
11 hours
This window is usually thought of as a “daily” limit even though it is not based on a 24-hour period. You are allowed a period of 14 consecutive hours in which to drive up to 11 hours after being off duty for 10 or more consecutive hours. The 14-consecutive-hour driving window begins when you start any kind of work.
This post was edited on 12/20/20 at 4:25 pm
Posted on 12/20/20 at 4:23 pm to Capitaino
I think I could gut it out for 3 months and then retire.
Posted on 12/20/20 at 4:23 pm to Capitaino
What a stupid question. That’s over $7,000 an hour.
That such an obvious yes.
That such an obvious yes.
Posted on 12/20/20 at 4:27 pm to Sneaky__Sally
The OP didn't say we had to follow truckers laws. Does that truck stop in Alabama still sell white crosses?
Posted on 12/20/20 at 4:27 pm to Capitaino
Not legit
That’s $6,172 a hour to drive a car. Do you make more than that at your job?
Anyone that wouldn’t do this is a moron
That’s $6,172 a hour to drive a car. Do you make more than that at your job?
Anyone that wouldn’t do this is a moron
Posted on 12/20/20 at 4:32 pm to Capitaino
I worked out of Atlanta after Katrina. Drove from Hammond to ATL on Sunday then back to Hammond on Friday. Did that for about 4 months. Got old fast.
Posted on 12/20/20 at 4:34 pm to WaWaWeeWa
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Anyone that wouldn’t do this is a moron
Preach. Would day 72 suck? Yep. But the payoff is too large. I spent three years in fricking Iraq. This would be a cake walk.
Posted on 12/20/20 at 4:35 pm to Capitaino
Loophole: Day 59, traffic backed up or a hurricane hits and you can't make the back and forth within one day.
Posted on 12/20/20 at 4:35 pm to Sneaky__Sally
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I feel like a car accident would end a lot of people's efforts. 90 days of at best like 5 hours of sleep - if you drink coffee later in a trip to make it to the destination, you will likely get far less sleep.
Plus all the traffic issues, bad rainstorms, etc. - average nightly sleep will probably be like 4hours at best, I could see it being even less.
Yeah, the people saying it'd be easy I don't think realize the physical and mental toll involved. I've driven 15 straight hours from Estero FL to Illinois (up out of FL, thru ATL, thru mountains of N Georgia/Chattanooga, thru Nashville, and it was an absolute grind. And to do that 90 days in a row...no way I could physically do it. I don't even know what people would look like after 90 days. Its really very little exercise movement in 90 days bc you are either sitting driving, or lying down sleeping.
I feel like I'd have a better chance of physically walking for 16 hours in a row where you can still rest when you feel like it, than being confined in a car with no rest and mental stress.
This post was edited on 12/20/20 at 4:38 pm
Posted on 12/20/20 at 4:37 pm to Capitaino
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Baton Rouge to Atlanta has a drive time of 7hrs 46 minutes (526) miles according to Mapquest.
Would you, if offered $10 million, be able to make a round trip BR to ATL driving trip for 90 straight days?
That's essentially 16 hours of driving, 8 hours of sleep, for 90 days in a row. Could you do it? Would you do it?
Of course. I’d take my installers with me and take turns driving. Profit.
Posted on 12/20/20 at 4:37 pm to eScott
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The OP didn't say we had to follow truckers laws. Does that truck stop in Alabama still sell white crosses?
I didnt' say he did, it was just an example that this isn't just being a trucker for 3 months.
Driving 14+ hours a day in that last month after 2 straight months of roughly 4-5 hours of sleep would be tough and you would have very strong odds of being in a car crash at that point.
LINK
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Missing one to two hours of sleep doubles a driver’s crash risk, while foregoing two or three hours increases the risk of a crash by 400 percent, according to the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety study. Those who sleep for less than four hours in a 24-hour period are 11.5 times likelier to crash, the study showed.
“Not getting enough sleep is extremely dangerous for drivers,” said Robert Sinclair Jr., manager of media relations for AAA Northeast. “Our new research shows that getting less than five hours sleep is the same as driving drunk.” Drivers who had slept for less than four hours, four to five hours, five to six hours, and six to seven hours in the past 24 hours were 11.5, 4.3, 1.9, and 1.3 times likelier to crash, respectively, than drivers who had slept for seven or more of the past 24 hours.
The report also found that the crash rate for drivers who slept only four or five hours was “similar to the U.S. government’s estimates of the risk associated with driving with a blood alcohol concentration equal to or slightly above the legal limit for alcohol in the U.S.”
This post was edited on 12/20/20 at 4:42 pm
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