I went to a LAN party and played Counter-Strike, BF 1942, UT2k3, and various other games all night long. I never went to sleep. I had to go to work at 7 AM at my job in a camp kitchen. The shift was from 7-2. The job isn't hard, but standing all day really wears you down. About 8:00 AM I was fine. 9:00 I was sorta tired...then at 10:00 AM I was a walking zombie. I fell asleep while standing up! I also fell asleep on the toilet.
Anyway, at 2:00 PM when the shift was over, my brother and I (Redjake, who had also been to the all-night LAN) got into our car to go home for our break. We drove towards our house with my brother dozing off while driving every now and then. He gave me explicit instructions to keep him awake if he was falling asleep. I was asleep about 15 seconds later.
When I woke up a few minutes later, I heard a huge THUD noise. My brother said "OH SHIT OH SHIT WE GOTTA GO!!! JESUS CHRIST I FELL ASLEEP!!!"
I saw a HUGE Dodge truck in the rear-view mirror slam on his brakes. My brother had fell asleep at the wheel and our car had veered into the left lane on a country road and side-swiped the truck. At 16 or 17, an incident like this can ruin your life. That's why my brother chose to floor it. Then our morals kicked in a few seconds later and we pulled over to let the truck catch up. We got out and looked at the truck. There was a huge scratch with dents on it all the way from his headlight to the tail light of the truck. The man driving got out and asked what happened. We told him we honestly fell asleep and side-swiped him. Then...he said for us to be more careful, got in his truck, and drove off! He said not to worry about the truck. This truck was brand-new at the time! We've came to the conclusion that he probably had something illegal in it that he didn't want the police to find.
The side-mirror on our car hit the truck from headlight to tail light. One inch to the left and we woulda hit him head on. There's no telling what would have happened!
-Lasereth