Lebaran stay counting days. Starting this week have many people who travel back and forth to spread in their respective homes. Yet from year to year, homecoming tradition has triggered many accidents, especially for travelers who use modes of land transportation, such as cars and motorcycles.
The distance that must be taken is one of the factors causing the accident. Fatigue, sleepiness, and stress due to traffic jams make the driver lose concentration during driving. To keep your concentration not dissipated, here are some tips we can use:
1. Adequate and quality sleep. Before going home, a driver needs at least seven hours of sleep. Drowsiness can make concentration disappear in an instant and risk causing an accident.
2. Do not drive more than two hours. Concentrating too long on monotonous conditions makes the nerves tired. It is advisable to stop periodically and rest in a safe place.
3. Reduce consumption of carbohydrates during the trip. Too much carbohydrate consumption can cause drowsiness. Replace foods containing carbohydrates with fruits, for example, because the vitamins contained in them can refresh the body.
4. Drink coffee and sleep. According to a study in England, the combination of drinking coffee and sleeping for 15 minutes can improve ability and alertness, and reduce sleepiness. This method is believed to be effective because sleeping for 15 minutes helps clear the brain from the adenosine content. Meanwhile, caffeine takes about 20 minutes to affect psychologically. The impact is like a slap to wake people out of sleep.
5. Light exercise. When the journey has begun to feel fatigue and sleepiness, stop in a safe place and do a little stretching the body. This serves to smooth blood circulation after hours of sitting in the car.
6. Drive alternately. If possible, take turns driving with others every 2 or 3 hours.
Hopefully the tips above tips can help to go home safely because it can remain concentrated during the trip, and congratulations to gather together large families in their respective homes.