Ok i was watching the news and I'd like to know if anyone from connecticut saw the 5.5 gen crashed into the resturant? He fell asleep at the wheel....my reason for this thread is that this has happend before amongst most maxima drivers...mainly 5th gens and up...I know people who have fell asleep at the wheel in their 5th gen, and last year on new yrs day (2006) i posted a thread because i fell asleep at the wheel and rolled mine also...The ride is so smooth by they way...I've had friends or family tell me how comfortable the ride is, and some would instantly fall asleep...Is there anybody else in here fessing up of falling asleep in their max, even if u havent wrecked it?

 

you aint fallin asleep once you have a drop

 

10 char

 

I've fallen asleep in the back seat but never in the front

 

never fell asleep (knock on wood)

 

5.5th gens with stock suspension, does ride very smooth. I believe the video you are talking about was involving an old lady and the lac of her medication.

I'm pretty sure the 5.5th gen isnt that comfortable that with a full night sleep, you're still falling asleep in the car. If someone had little sleep and was driving, then yea, the 5.5th will make them comfortable and. . .

 

Dozed off my '99 once, the grooves on the side of the highway woke me up, scared me pretty good. Pulled over at a rest stop a half mile down the road, and took a nap. Only time that's ever happened. Won't drive tired no more.

 

I'm 6th genner, but I have family that can attest to the comfortable seating of the max.

My twin sister said that the back seat of the max lulled her to sleep. (Probably as big as the backseat is in my car, she probably felt like she was in a lazy boy).

It reminded her of the serta commercial. The one where there were cars piled up in the intersection and all the drivers asleep. Serta spokesman says "good thing we only make mattresses, huh?"

 

Funny you post this. I was driving home last night (going north) from San Francisco. As soon as I cross the GG Bridge and descend the Waldo grade I set the car to cruise @ 70. I never fall asleep but after so many minutes of driving I feel my car riding on the bumps that divides each lane and "wake up". I realize I'm 15 minutes from my house and do not remember the last 25 minutes of my drive.

Total drive from SF to my house is about 40 minutes. I only remember the last 15. WTF? Thats not the first time I've done that either. I've done the same thing when I had an Altima. My point? It's not necessarily the car but I think it did play at least a minor role in my snooze. I should say that my eyes were open the whole time and I saw each car I passed or that passed me, but I definitely wasn't fully coherent.

 

hmm no one i know with maxima's crashed. ha

 

wow its so many of you non sleepers in here lol well b4 i rolled mine i had stock suspension...and yes when i did the drop it was still comfy with the Tokico settings to its softest...even with the car full also. people in the back seat fall asleep from a 15 minute ride

 

So many people here crash into restaurants I don't even pay attention anymore.

 

don't have the problem in my car

I've taken 20+ hour drives and haven't dozed off yet. Stock suspension or not. Haven't heard any friends complaining about being tired either, but I usually have friends in the car in the city and I'm not so light on the throttle

 

i feel like sleeping just readin gthis thread.

I have been really tired a few times... it scares the **** out of me when i realized that i've been driving for 20 mins and can't remember the time going by or remember anything at all in that time.

 

I pull over in a parking lot and sleep for 1/2 hour or something.

 

we're just pillows on wheels thats all...but i get sleep nowadays...but IF it ever happens again which it wont, i got da bump in da trunk to keep me awake this time

 

don't be ridin' tired.

 

bump in the trunk never lets me sleep either, i blast my music like a maniac! (music sounds best when u can feel it )

 

i almost fell asleep on my way to chicago from phoenix but i didn't, thank God.

 

That's wicked

 

if you fall asleep behind the wheel you are a total F'ing moron and should be kicked in the groin. Too much at stake.

 

i was coming from work once at 5 in the morning and i hit the curb going about 45...... lol bent the rim... got a cut in my tire about 5 inches long...lol..... warranty rocks!!! lol

 

driving from DC to B-more on 95 North....fell asleep for a second, woke up and ended up drifting to the left side of the road and did a 180 facing oncoming traffic (I had turned the car to prevent going into the 4ft deep ditch)....everyone stopped and was like WTF? good thing I was on the side of the road and not on the highway, wow.

no more driving tired after that, someone was looking out for me

 

i pulled that one but on woke up on the turn's gravel, but after my 180 i was already flipping over and slid into a 6ft ditch upside down..sux...lookin at my sig, u cant tell ; ) Nationwide was on my side....not anymore though someone was looking after me also. no scratch on me at all