Napping on the ferry

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Napping on the ferry, when traveling by yourself, requires the ability to wake up before the ferry unloads. Otherwise people behind you get upset and you suffer the humiliation of a ferry working knocking on your car door to wake you up. Actually, it can be dangerous. There was the case some years ago, on the Bremerton run, of a man at the head of the line who fell asleep while waiting for the ferry to arrive. The ferry worker woke him up and he thought the ferry had arrived. He drove on to the ferry and off the other end of the ferry which, unfortunately, didn't have a dock attached to it. He drowned when the car sank.