Fatigue — Utah Permit Test

A tired Utah driver should stop driving, pull off at an exit or rest area, and take a 20-minute power nap or find a place to sleep for the night.

Sleep is the only thing that fixes tiredness. Coffee and open windows buy minutes you will spend at seventy miles an hour.

If you start to feel tired, stop driving, pull off at an exit or rest area and take a 20-minute power nap, or find a place to sleep for the night.

Most people need 7 to 9 hours of sleep to stay awake during the day.

A short night is a decision about tomorrow’s driving, made the evening before by somebody who is not thinking about it.

Get enough sleep—most people need 7 to 9 hours to stay awake during the day.

A driver should plan to stop every two hours during long trips to take a break from driving.

Two hours is about as long as attention lasts. After that a driver is running on habit rather than looking.

Plan to stop every two hours during long trips to take a break from driving.

Fatigue makes a driver see less clearly and slows their mind and body, so they may not stop as fast as they need to.

Tiredness takes the same things alcohol does, and a driver has no more idea how much of it they have.

Fatigue can make you see less clearly.

Warning signs of drowsiness include not remembering the last few miles driven, hitting a rumble strip, drifting from the lane, and repeated yawning.

Not remembering the last few miles means you were asleep for part of them, whether or not your eyes were closed.

Can’t remember the last few miles driven.

A driver should check the labels on their medicine, because some will make them sleepy.

The warning is printed on the box for exactly this reason, and it is the one nobody reads before a long drive.

Check the labels on your medicine; some will make you sleepy.

A driver should not drive late at night, because driving is hard mental work and is better done rested.

Late at night the body wants to sleep whatever the driver has decided, and the road is emptier of anyone to help.

Do not drive late at night.

How long a nap does the Utah handbook suggest for a tired driver?

20 minutes. Sleep is the only thing that fixes tiredness. Coffee and open windows buy minutes you will spend at seventy miles an hour. Utah Driver Handbook 2026-2027, p.58: “If you start to feel tired, stop driving, pull off at an exit or rest area and take a 20-minute power nap, or find a place to sleep for the night.”