Who's the worst traffic wise in your opinion?

Schneider is always driving 5-10 mph below everyone else. But I agree they should park and get off the road

 

Speed is the careful balance between what the road/weather conditions will allow, what the traffic will allow, and what the truck is capable of maintaining comfortably with its power and weight.

 

One important thing to remember is that everyone on the road around us doesn’t have the same experience level or confidence/skill driving in bad road conditions. While it can be irritating being behind someone driving drastically slower than we would travel, I won’t judge anyone going “too slow” in the snow. It could be their first week driving a big truck and they may have never driven in snow. If it’s necessary and when it’s safe to pass I will as I know what my rig can do in most conditions. I have a confidence in my abilities/skills today that I may not have had 38 years ago when I was a rookie.

 

When you get older your reflects and vision just aren't what they once were, but your instincts learned from a lifetime of watching roads and people usually make up for the physical deficiencies, at least for a while. I am currently in that category.

 

I start at 330am or so most days and rain in the dark in certain places can be challenging to me. Fortunately I go to the same places all the time so I know the roads, but the lines on the road definitely aren’t as bright as they used to be (to my eyes). I still have better than 20/20 vision but old eyes don’t see the same as young eyes do.

 

Dark pavement and rain mixed with oncoming headlights really give me a fit

 

Especially today's headlights.

 

I have the 359 style 4 bulb lights on my rig. I originally bought the LED bulbs for all four but it was obnoxiously too bright. I run regular halogen (properly aimed) bulbs on the low side and still occasionally get high beams flashed at me, I think it’s because the Herd bumper reflects the low beam some. Usually it’s by someone running crazy bright low beams. My LED high beams will give you a suntan so as soon as I briefly flash those back they realize my low beams are not too bright. The fog lights I only use in the fog and they really do help me see the road. I believe in the picture the drivers side was when I was trying the new bulbs out.

 

Since I run the same times and routes generally I run across the same trucks daily. One locally based Foodservice truck that would pass me every morning had a habit of running his high beams behind me until he was extremely close to me. I decided if it was good for him to do to me, it was even better for me to do to him. I let him pass and then bumped my cruise up to match his speed once he was in front of me. Then the high beams came on to mimic his behavior the next 50 miles (except when other motorists were around). That was a year or so ago and while he still passes me most mornings, he approaches behind me with his low beams on.