Did that alarm feel like it went off earlier? It's the first weekday after beginning Daylight Saving Time, and if you are driving, you better be ready.
The increase in car wrecks after the time change has been well documented, and AAA's Don Redman there's really only one way to prevent it.
"Make sure you get plenty of rest," said Redman. "The main key for fighting off drowsy driving or fatigued driving is to make sure you have proper sleep."
That's great, but if it's Monday morning, then what?
"Now we recommend, if you are able, to get in what we call a powernap, That's somewhere between 15, ten to 15 minutes or even up to 20 minutes of a power nap," said Redman. "That's like rebooting a computer. You're recharged and it can bring you to that destination."
Redman warns that going over 20 minutes tends to make people groggy for another half-hour.
"Ten minutes is a good powernap," he said. "It's better than a cup of coffee or any of these other temporary fixes."
