What is the best use of a short nap during a trip when you become drowsy?

• A.Nap while a co-driver steers from the passenger seat
• B.Nap with the truck parked on a highway shoulder in traffic
• C.Stop in a safe, legal place and nap briefly, then allow a few minutes to shake off sleepiness before driving
• D.Skip the nap and double your caffeine instead

Why

A short nap at a safe location is one of the few countermeasures that actually reduces sleep pressure. Give yourself a short buffer after waking, because alertness does not return instantly.

Manual topic: Fatigue - Napping · From the General Knowledge practice bank (GK-264).

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More Fatigue & Hours-of-Service Awareness questions

• Under the property-carrying hours-of-service rules, what is the maximum driving time allowed after coming on duty before you must take 10 consecutive hours off?
• What does the 14-hour rule mean for a property-carrying driver?
• How many consecutive hours off duty are normally required before a property-carrying driver starts a new duty period and regains a full 11 and 14 hours?
• After 8 hours of cumulative driving time, what break is required before you may drive again?
• What is the weekly limit concept behind the 60/70-hour rule?