Over half of my moving violations occurred when I was sick or heavily medicated--yet not once has an officer asked me if I was feeling o.k. or if I were ill.
Anything that affects your ability to move or to think properly is a sign that you should either cancel your trip or turn the driving over to someone else.
This includes: prescription and other drugs, alcohol, nausea, severe headaches or other pain, lack of sleep--anything which affects your ability to move or think clearly.
If you are under the influence of any of these--get a second opinion from someone who's not under influence...and if they say you're not in condition, it's best to avoid the driving.
Do NOT trust your own opinion! Anything which affects you enough to make you an unsafe driver probably affects your opinions adversely too.
If you drive while affected, you may take a life, and you will never be able to forget that. Dying is easy, living with having killed an innocent person is much, much harder.
Ask yourself: "Is this trip important enough to kill?"
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