Spacing out while driving

[02blkaccordcpe]

Sometimes while I'm driving I totally space out. I'll drive halfway to where I'm going and realize I'm not particularly paying attention to driving. I'll be driving fine and all (stopping at stop signs/red lights), but its not really where my focus is at. It's kinda like driving is second nature and I'm just following the motions.

Anyway, today it kinda caught up to me. I ran a red light without even knowing there was a light there. The only way I found out I had run it is cause a lady chased me down with her car to yell at me for running it; which she was totally justified in doing. It really freaked me out, cause if there had been any cross traffic comming I would have been fcuked! I might not have been here to type this rant/post...

Anyone else completely space out while driving?

 

[jcanni]

haha, i do it once in a while. it is hilarious when you get some where and you are like, "i dont remember driving here?" haha, i only do it once in a while for like a couple minutes. but, yeah thats not cool about running the light, stop spacing out! . It happens dont worry about it.

 

[du3ce]

i do it too but only at a red light

 

[BlkCurrantKord]

I do it a lot. Usually on long drives, helps them seem shorter.

 

[Sketch o5]

ive prolly spaced a couple times, nothing as bad as that tho. but one night i drove home seriously on the verge of falling asleep, all i remembered was that i was at my now ex's house and i woke up in my bed the next morning and i said to myself, how did i get home? haha, that was a little wierd for me.

 

[FallenAngelHIM]

yeah it happens to me. it does end up feeling like second nature...good or bad.
what happens with me is like i don't remember what road i took when i do arrive, it's like i become automated.
or i'll go somewhere and then like "oh ****, this is the wrong place..."
i'll end up at a publix or some **** instead of home

 

[dynasty]

i rarely run red lights. the last time i ran a red light was when i got back from a jetski trip with some friends. and my friend started to tell me a ghost story. i wasn't that scared until my friend just screamed out "AHHH!!!" i just jumped and floored it. LOL!! luckily, i passed this truck really quick but VERY VERY close of hitting him. man, it was not funny. =p

 

[Sketch o5]

i ran a red light infront of a cop once, liek really badly ran it, like it was yellow and i thought id make it, and apparently i didnt, haha. the cop never came after me tho, got REALLY lucky there, haha. i pulled off to some side street and parked in someones driveway, but it tured out the cop went the opposite way at the light.

 

[shavedaccord]

I space out sometimes..typicaly on a route i'm so used to taking..i'll like snap out of it and be like what in the hell I don't remember half the drive ya know kind of weird. Never done anything scary like run a red light or anything.

 

[Crono139]

Never done anything scary like run a red light or anything.

I apparently did...

Driving home from school one morning. Get off the highway, and head into town. Pass a traffic light, and then turn onto a main road.

I hit the next traffic light, which just happens to be red, so I"m waiting in the right lane. Some dude comes up even with me in the left lane, and beeps his horn. Looked over, then rolled down my window.

"You just ran that red light."
"Wait, what?"
"The light back there. It was red, and you still went."
"No, it wasn't."
"I just saw you do it. You need to start paying more attention to the road."

Then he shook his head in disgust. Guess he's never heard of a left turn signal.