driving on drugs

[Prince Valium]

Never driven on anything besides weed, and it was ok. Didn't have any problems, except that i too thought there was always a cop behind me. Which is good i guess because it makes you drive normal. I wouldn't recommend driving on xannax and alcohol though...
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[FrolicAtNight]

Driving on DXM was one of the *dumbest* things I've ever done and I wouldn't recommend doing it to anybody. I was driving my best friend's brand new Mustang convertible (he was too fucked up and the car was only 2 weeks old).
It was like being in Tron (that was a kick ass 80's movie) and playing Rush the Rock 2010.
I didn't think the DXM would hit for 30 minutes and the drive was only 10min. The DXM metabolized quickly because as soon as I pulled out of the parking lot it became *really* hard to drive.

 

[HerbinMike]

I'd say driving under the influence of a downer has got to be the worst decision you could make.
Dissociatives will have you way too out of it to drive safely.
Alcohol or barbiturates or any other form of sedative (benzos, etc.) will have you disoriented and uncoordinated, with a slow reaction time. Especially under the influence of booze, you could become very very reckless, too. Drunk driving is SO SO SO dumb, i really look down on anybody who does it regularly. If you did it a few times, got out OK, and realized it was a mistake, all the better for you, but it is still NOT OK.
Weed is a great paradox for driving, some people find they can't concentrate and are very paranoid and some other people find that it gets them into a perfect groove for driving where they are more in control and more in touch with the actual motion and position of the car. Depends on the person. Along with most things that people often do stoned (going to school, going to work, doing homework, whatever), driving is, for a lot of people, something you have to get USED to doing stoned but once you get used to it, you can often be a just as good (if not better) driver as the other sober people on the road.
Stimulants - my bet is that driving on speed or coke is probably a safe bet, depending on your individual circumstances and how much you took. Don't forget that these are drugs that make you more concentrated and alert, you may even drive BETTER. Wouldn't recommend it with coke just cuz you'll crash pretty quickly and that might not be good at all, but doing some amphetamines before a long drive may not be that bad an idea. Hey, all the truckers do it!

 

[Tijo]

On the freeway (alone,at night) with an eighth of shrooms in me. I thought every car was a cop trying to run me off the road. Very scary. Had to keep telling myself it was all in my head.
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[avatarolt]

Hey, speaking of:
Anyone have that article about the experiment done in Europe where they took 4 guys, doped 3 of them up on different drugs, and took all 4 of them on a driving course? I'd love to actually save it this time.
Incidentally, the stoner beat out the cokehead, Mike.

Actually, if I remember correctly, the stoner beat the sober guy.

 

[dpp]

Acid I can drive on, and it can actually be fun if you can get on a big road and just cruise (gotta concentrate on the lines and also the car in front of you). But shrooms, impossible. My depth perception on shrooms makes it literally impossible to drive. I can't tell where anything is. That's why I don't do it.

 

[Alucard_X]

driving on weed is really easy, and fun.. i think it all comes down to how well you can handle the said drug.

 

[SovietContin]

On the freeway (alone,at night) with an eighth of shrooms in me. I thought every car was a cop trying to run me off the road. Very scary. Had to keep telling myself it was all in my head.

I had a bad experience with shrooms as well.. okay, it was actually a fun experience, but completely dangerous and irresponsible.
I had taken a half eighth of shrooms that for whatever reason took nearly three hours to really kick in. At that point I started a long drive on the interstate and all of the sudden my girlfriend asked what was happening. She'd never eaten shrooms before this. Within minutes the street lights were bending into the road and grassy hills became happy furry brontasaurus like dinosaurs and buildings became pyramids and time dripped out of the sky. We couldn't stop laughing. I couldn't tell how far the cars were from me because one minute they'd look 100 feet away then morph and I'd think I was tailgating them. Later I noticed I was only doing 40mph and that explained the funny honking noises and flashing lights from the cars behind me.
I wanted to pull over but figured if I'd made it this far without getting stopped by a cop, getting out might be worse because neither my girlfriend nor I could contain our laughter. I thought if I got arrested I'd probably still be laughing anyways.
I was able to pick up speed.. just a little bit, to 55 and somehow made it back to her house.
It was the most difficult time I have ever had driving and they were by far the most potent shrooms I have ever taken.
The other time I had a difficult time driving was on the 3rd night of a serious drug binge where I'd stayed awake on dexies, cocaine, meth and was also consuming kind bud on a near hourly basis the entire time, and taking heroin and ecstasy as well. The third night a friend and I again had another pill. Only the sleep deprivation as well as taking more cocaine and meth did something. I have never hallucinated harder. All I know is we ended up walking on a path through the woods at night and there were singing flowers and the path was made of puzzle pieces and the tree tops were multi-headed dragons fighting each other. Jesus was born and crucified in the sky. Rabbits were jumping everywhere. Small trees were walking towards us. We could here the murderer. A car over the hill about 2 miles away looked like it was a cop coming down the bike path. We ran back to the car. Mailboxes became people doing lawn work at 2am. Couldn't drive.. turned on music.. couldn't tell what we were listening to, but the announcer after the song was an alien telling us it had been Jimi Hendrix. I put in a tape.. listened to Frontline Assembly - Mindphazer remix. Certainly phased our minds. At this point when the mailbox people started walking towards us, I figured we might as well go. The ride home we were followed by giant anacondas and a UFO that hovered just above us. It actually wasn't THAT difficult to stay on the road, I was just seeing bizarely insane things on/beside the road and in the sky. However at this point I'd had more than a ton of experience driving on psychedelics and basically I was tripping balls more than anything at this point. What sucked even worse, though, was that we went back to a house party and I had fallen asleep for the first time in 72 hours or more.. for just 15 minutes before police came to get the house owner on a warrant for some sort of assault charge. I had my ID checked out and was arrested as a fugitive of the law. Curiously, they never checked me out for drugs even though my eyes were beyond dilated and I was an absolute wreck. I guess they just thought I was really drunk as the house I was at was littered with beer bottles and beer cans. The point of this story is don't drive on any drug in combination with extreme sleep deprivation.

 

[SovietContin]

Incidentally, the stoner beat out the cokehead, Mike. Actually, if I remember correctly, the stoner beat the sober guy.

Actually I always find it hard to drive on coke because I get really nervous about cops.
But I'm a generally paranoid person even when I'm sober. Cocaine just makes it worse for me if I'm not in a comfortable setting.

 

[Its Pat]

I can't recall the last time I got into a car to drive and wasn't stoned. Then again I can't recall the last day I didn't go without smoking weed. I dunno, for some people, its just a way of life.
The only time I drove on acid was Jan 1 Y2K. Needless to say it was 7am and I was hungry as hell, no food at the pad. So I hazard a little drive to the local McDonald's. I won't go into details too much, just that everything seemed really exagerated, the time it took to drive there and back. The colors all around, turning my head to see if anyone was coming before turning a corner produced hundreds of pictures of the scene I was looking at (kind of like slowing down A Movie projector and examining each picture frame by frame). This as well left me second guessing if I was in the opposite lane of traffic when driving. I think If I was on a softer dose I would have been okay, its just really hard to guage how you are going to drive, you'll only know how well `till ya try.

 

[Ketamike]

Weed: can't do it.. it makes me hallucinate, but I'm not really fond of weed period.
Opiates: I have no problem driving under the influence of up to 60mgs of Oxy... this is due to tolerance and experience... as you get adjusted to the effects of opiates, you'll learn when it's appropriate to nod off and enjoy your buzz, and when it's time to focus and stay alive.
Speed: Drove find on 60mgs of adderal... shit, I do just about everything better on adderal except fuck.. maybe I have ADD
LSD: just about the most terrifying experience of my life... I felt that I couldn't see the road and was relying on 'muscle memory' to steer the roads... I was getting the impression that it was like a video game... bad shit
Alcohol: I've done it, never crashed, but I feel like an asshole for doing it... too risky
be careful people... have someone throw you a set of keys from 15 feet away.. see if you can catch it... try giving yourself a sobriety test... but I've always felt that if I'm fucked up, I'm so scared that i'm doing something wrong, that I'll pay more attention compared to when I'm sober... but when you're saying, "Nah, I'm fine to drive".. that's a deathwish

 

[Ochlocrat]

Alcohol: This used to be no problem for me, when I drank regularly. The first few times I drank and drove, it was very difficult, but after a while I did fine. This, of course, is horribly stupid.
Acid: The biggest issue here is the peripheral visuals, it often seems like someone is about to cross the street in front of you or something. Parallel parking is also a bitch. Lights are pretty. Getting lost is a problem, too, as is being CONVINCED that you missed your exit several miles before it comes up.
Weed: Paranoia keeps stoners in line. I sincerely believe that most people who smoke weed fairly regularly are safer drivers while stoned. Even occasional smokers will probably do pretty well, but they will CERTAINLY think it's not an enjoyable experience.
Cocaine/meth/ritalin: Sweaty steering wheel, fidgeting with the seat belt. On the meth and coke I really wanted someone in the passenger seat to talk to. (Or, in one case, talked a lot to the person in the passenger seat.) Drove well on all three, though.
E: My worst driving experience was on an MDA pill (well, dammit, it was supposed to be MDMA and I was supposed to be down.) I had to slam on the breaks on the interstate to avoid hitting the car in front of me, which was going a reasonable speed. It just didn't seem to be getting closer and then I was right on its ass. It was still kinda fun though, but then again, I bet robbing a bank on acid would be really fun, too.
Benzos: I drove once on a few ativans. It was uneventful, and I think the anxiety about driving fucked up counteracted the ativans.
Ketamine: I have no idea why or how I did this (it was only a couple of keybumps, mind you. I had to borrow a key, too, cause mine was in the ignition.) It definitely did get from point A to point B, though. I don't remember many other details. This seems a good indication that it was a horrible idea.
PS I won't do some of this shit ever again, cept I will drive post-plateau on acid (8 or 10 hours in,) and don't see much of a problem with driving on weed or stimulants, as long as they aren't in the car with you. Driving on downers, dissociatives, or MDxx is just idiotic, though.

 

[rahulkohli]

drove on most drugs, and feeel a prick now for doing it.
1. weed/skunk. easiest. become better, because so relaxed.
2. alcohol, lose your concentration too much.
3. crack- worst thing ever. not on the good bits obviously. on the come down, and it was the most fucked i have ever been. i cant even remember how i got home.
4. coke- feel fucked but still in control but u realise that u r being a prick.
5. e- not a fucking chance of surviving. i dropped and had to do a 30 minute journey and previously i had come up after 1.30 hours on this particular pill but this time i came up after 20 minutes. had to stop and sit in a field. best pill i ever did. looking at the stars all night.
6. brown(heroin)- really relaxing. but totally fucked off ur face. couldnt give a shit what happens. which is really dangerous.

 

[Mr. Pink]

ditto what Ochlocrat said...
Believe it or not, I have driven on pretty much everything and alcohol is among the worst. The inflated ego it gives you is the most dangerous part.
Weed is harmless and uppers usually only HELP me. LSD/Shrooms are do-able at level 1-3 anything above that is really pushing it. School zones are usually the funniest places to drive recklessly under the influence of drugs, try it and see

 

[TABula rasa]

stoned is the only way to drive...
as for acid, i have driven once while on a mild trip, listening to dark side of the moon. i felt like i was in a video game, and everything was in slow-mo. it kicked ass!
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[djFxTC]

I have no problems whatsoever driving on weed, it actually makes me better. As far as E goes, I did it once comming back to Long Island from the city and let me tell you, driving through the Lincoln tunnel was nearly impossible, I started to get extremely claustrophobic and felt that the tunnel was closing in on me, needless to say, I don't drive on E anymore.
I've recently gotten into the world of benzos (valium,ativan,xanax) and for some reason last tuesday, I decided to leave my girlfriend's house at 3:30 in the morning. The next thing I knew, I'm sitting on a curb in some town, the front end of my Jetta was completely smashed, the airbag cracked my rib, my thumb and bruised up my face pretty bad. The cops gave me a sobriety test (you know, "follow my pen with your eyes without moving your head," which I passed (thanks to watching COPS for years and actually practicing how to fool the test. No charges were pressed and I somehow made it home, I don't remember how. My advice--DON'T EVER DRIVE ON HIGH DOSES OF BENZOS, you will fuck yourself up badly and not remember how it happened. I will never touch a benzo ever again. Seeing my phat Jetta smashed to pieces and not remembering how I did it was my wake up call. DON'T DRIVE ON BENZOS.

 

[fairnymph]

Drive as fast as you can so cops don't catch you and if you hit anyone they won't be able to rat you out and make you go to prision where you'll be sodomized by guys named Carla with razors on their cocks. Please, learn from my experiance.

This is among the funniest things I have read in ages. I had some water in my mouth and I spat it out all over my keyboard! Damn!
HerbinMike: Right on. I totally agree with what you said.
I personally find that I drive BETTER on MDMA, becuase it calms me down so that I dont' drive as frantically/erratically ( I have obsessive compulsive disorder). On the other hand, I drive MORE erratically and am very likely to do stupid things like make illegal u-turns....but that's just my own fucked up neurochemistry. Otherwise I think it is much better for most to drive on stimulants than on depressants.
Driving + psychedicals = obviously a bad idea

 

[dark falcon]

Weed: no problem, as long as I'm not so stoned on cryp that I can't even talk.
Opiates: that depends on how far gone I am. I still drive home after 200 mg of Oxcontin, but won't drive if I've had a big dose of IV Demoral.
K: again, depends on how far gone I am. If I'm in a hole, I'll just wait an hour.
alcohol: just depends on how far gone I am, damn it's the same answer every time.
I guess I'll quit here with "it just depends on how far gone I am" I must make the decision about whether to drive each time I go out. I usually never have a DD with my friends cause we all want to party.
If I'm rolling or whatever, I just try to let the drug wear off first. If I must drive(like leaving the club early), then I do so very carefully. I put the most sober person in the front seat and have them help me call out potential danger signs. Example: "hey there's a red light coming up" That may sound stupid, but it works quite well. It keeps me (the driver) from going off into my own little world and missing something important like the five-O sitting next to me at a stop light. That's not something that I usually see! So it helps to have a lookout! All you "crazy" people who drive fucked up should take some advice from that! Believe me, I can't stress enough about how it's worth having an extra person to help drive home in the front seat with you. I know that's a run-on sentence.
[This message has been edited by dark falcon (edited 22 September 2001).]

 

[InSearchOfFoodForThought]

I don't drive while intoxicated. I can't drive well when I'm sober! You wouldn't want me to do it when I'm fucked up.....
But, in watching people that do drive fucked up, the worst shit comes out of it when they've taken xanax...

 

[[u.k neuronauticals inc]]

When i used to have to drive home after a rave,i would usually be on planet reebok (this is what we used to call being totally fucked on smack and e`s),and i would always just about make it home,but not without scaring the complete shit out of everyone in the car and on the road.