gmcunni
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1800 miles, 1 driver, 2 days. . . can it be done, safely?
rt 80 or 70?
rt 80 or 70?
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It's individual. It's 900 miles a day, by yourself.
There's enough daylight to easily fit in the 12-14 hr day on the road, and some. This time of year, it's not likely you'll have much weather. So safety is only a matter of staying awake.
Some people can stay awake hour after hours in monotonic flat stretches. Others gone mad with boredom.
I did that same drive in 3 days in the middle of winter. And then just finished the reverse (arrived late last night), in about the same time (I started from 2 hr beyond Denver). I felt relaxed the whole time. Concentration was never an issue. But my limitation was my body not my mind. At the end of each day, my back was letting me know it didn't like being in that same position for much longer. So for me, no way I could up that by 50%.
I went I-80 both ways. (also, in the middle of Midwest, it's easy to keep trucking along at 80+mph. Every 1mph helps in such a long drive)
1800 miles, 1 driver, 2 days. . . can it be done, safely?
rt 80 or 70?
plus the 2nd day looks REALLY boring compared to the first
At least your odds of traffic plummets on the 2nd day.
You asked about safety, not whether it'll bore you to tears!i've done 12 hours solo drive (well, me driving with others in the car) many times without a problem but it was just one day without worry of getting up and doing it all again the next morning. plus the 2nd day looks REALLY boring compared to the first (figure CT to ST louis, then SL to DEN, taking the rt 70 option)
1800 miles, 1 driver, 2 days. . . can it be done, safely?
rt 80 or 70?
i've done 12 hours solo drive many times without a problem but it was just one day without worry of getting up and doing it all again the next morning.
Mine is 8 hr of actual driving, which pretty much works out to be 10 hr motel to motel, ~600 miles/day.5-6 hours straight is about my comfortable limit... Even with some breaks I know I wouldn't want to do too much more by myself in a day.