Stay Awake?

About the same price as a cup of coffee in some places as well.

Turn the aircon down low. But unfortunately back then a/c was a long way off. Had to be content with the window down or the real thing.

1 No Doze has the same caffeine as a cup of coffee. IMHO if bosses were paying drivers by the hour (plus penalty rates) instead of the kilometer there would be no need for any of this BS. 24 hours in a day less a compulsory 7 hour break means up to ** hours working. This is why I won't do interstate driving jobs anymore.

The genuine Yippee beans of the 1950s interstate drivers were methamphetamine........commonly known today as ice or crystal meth......The catch was a driver high on beans could drive for a week non stop,but couldnt sleep afterwards ,so he had to take sleeping pills by the handfull...

Methadrine and Benzadrine were the drugs in use (and probably still are). These were standard issue to aircrew during WW2 to keep them awake on 8 hour night missions

JOHN.K. wrote: The genuine Yippee beans of the 1950s interstate drivers were methamphetamine........commonly known today as ice or crystal meth......The catch was a driver high on beans could drive for a week non stop,but couldnt sleep afterwards ,so he had to take sleeping pills by the handfull...

Then,It was made by Major Publicly Listed Chemical Companies under Laboratory Conditions............ Now It's made by Bikes on the Kitchen Table..!!!

Duromine were pretty good usually an overweight Aunty was the best person to get a script from so you could buy them from a chemist

Lang wrote: Methadrine and Benzadrine were the drugs in use (and probably still are). These were standard issue to aircrew during WW2 to keep them awake on 8 hour night missions

That’s the ones Lang

My old man worked for Collier Garland back in 50s,and he d say when the trucks pulled in on the way south ,the fork drivers used to make sure the truck was pointing the right way out of the depot..

Swanny wrote: Duromine were pretty good usually an overweight Aunty was the best person to get a script from so you could buy them from a chemist

What was your Auntie’s name Swanny? I think a lot of interstate truck drivers in the 60s and 70s must have been related. lol.