Driving Truck in the Wind! Need help!

I always cherish your input on things!! Thank You for saying what you did.
Beginning to think I should just quit worrying so much about it.

 

By the way, for the record, if I have to slow down, to feel safe, so much that I start to become a nuisance and perhaps hazard to others, I'll go ahead and stop. One of the reasons I'll stay stopped for ice and snow longer than others. Road may be OK, in my opinion, to get out they and plug along at about 35 of 45 mph, but everyone one else is zipping along at 50 and 60, which to my thinking to totally an unsafe speed for the conditons. Regardless, I think it smarter and better to just go ahead and stay stopped and not create a hazard to others, even if I think they are being idiots.

 

I'm really timid with snow and ice. The adventure I referenced earlier about the seasoned veterans advice began while on my 3rd week solo, by running into a bunch of black ice heading East on I-70 out of Denver. Scared the bejeezus out of me and I ended up ploding along at less than 25mph for about 35 miles until I found a safe place to park at a Petro in Colby Kansas. Ended up stuck there for a couple of days due to really high winds. I had been talking with another driver (a super trucker) and the wise gentleman overheard a bit of our conversation. He pulled me aside and talked to me about the notso smart advice I had just been given and gave me several pieces of wonderful advice that have been golden to me.
That adventure basically kind of traumatized me about ice and snow and one of the reasons I tend to be fairly timid about those conditions! Last winter it took me 11 days to get from Ohio to Utah, which should have only been 2 & 1/2 days. Got stuck in a blizzard in Iowa for 3 days and for high winds for another 3 days in Wyoming. In between I had several days I only made it about 20 miles down the road to the next truck stop. Lots of folks running, things looked like they might be OK. I get out there and a few miles later, I was like nope, pulled into the next truck stop, try again tomorrow.

 

I just want to say thank you to everyone. I really appreciate the feedback and empathy. Meant alot to me this evening. I'm not so down on myself anymore.