speeding when is dark and rainning

As asphalt road surfaces wears over the years it also gets smoother and slicker in wet conditions.

 

Because the PNW receives more rain the SW, oil from roads is rinsed off more frequently. Therefore, more oil is likely to be present on a road that has been dry for an extended period of time during initial rainfall.

 

long as it's not Georgia on i-75 between ringgold and Chatsworth..
because after a rain there's always so much oil on that pavement literally that road become slicker than snot and many people have wiped out in the past on 75 between the said forementioned area

 

Everyone has different skill levels and comfort levels. Sounds like you played it safe nothing wrong with that.

 

Everyone should drive within their comfort zone. I used to live in Houston and have run a ton out west in the winter so I’ve driven in my fair share of rain and snow.
Not that it rains a ton here but US 95 from the 215 to the 15 through Vegas is one of the slickest roads when it rains I have ever driven. Had to run empty from Henderson to N Las Vegas every night in December to load and it was terrible when it rained. Actually lost traction a couple times.

 

The 405 by coming down the hill to LAX is slick as #### too when it rains.

 

Not the kind they need to be using.

Maryland uses a popcorn mix. Water goes straight through and then out on the undergravel bed. You can do alot with that kind of pavement.

Ordinary blacktop is not too bad. It likes tires. But too much rain, old grooves and so forth will create hydroplaning, I10 west of Jacksonville comes to mind. Raise that right steer a few inches off the ground loaded.

Concrete is the kind that is not welcome. First rain, all that oil, grease etc is a problem. Slippery. Once you have had rain a while you can go.

When I am heavy in a 18 wheeler, heated mirrors on,defrost going, cross cab fresh air from one cab window to opposite sleeper vent and so on it's go time. Rain? HA.

If the highway is bare of traffic, we roll. There will be times we have to slow down and wait for the clogged traffic to get out of each others way in the rain, always someone making a stupid mistake in a car. I remember a Maitia Convertable swept past me westbound into Mount Eagle upgrade after a rain, he hydroplaned into the rock wall in the left median a mile Later, just like I guessed he would. Totaled. Crunched and standing there looking stupid in his suit wondering what happened. This was around 1992 in the spring time. It's not hard to forget stupid stuff like that.

Many times when the rain is intense as it is along the gulf coast or under a western tornado cell or storm front, you park and have a nap or dinner. It will clear out before too long.

Hurricanes and tropical storms are inconvenient in the rain due to the sheer volume. Not to mention hiding fast tornadoes inside the rain wrapping.

Finally when I am loaded heavy, I can take the water much better than a car can, however she can slip and hydroplane just like anything when you go too fast. Water does not compress and over you go.

Your tires are there in the mirrors (Again heated) and when one begins to wrap, you throw in the jacobs a few moments to unwrap the water from it. It's a ongoing monitoring until the storm is over.

The best of rain is the kind you spend inside the truckstop having a slow 2 hour dinner or a good rest with no place in particular to go that day waiting for the hurricane to clear out etc. Make new appointment time.

The worst kind of rain is where you aint. Meaning say Childress TX on US 287, if it's raining on high ground to the north of your city on that road and dry where you are. Until you reach the 6 cross streets subdivisions with 3 feet of fast rapid flowing water racing across right to left westbound at each intersection. You need to be loaded for this one. Otherwise it will fold you up hard and slam you a block down empty.

You do not stop in truckstops at the foot of or near box canyons etc out west. You just don't But you do stop in truckstops on high ground, makes that water flow off the mountain you are on.

The Carolina, Raleigh to be particular is a pain in the flood. It will create 4 feet of water next to the left three lanes against the concrete barrier with no place to drain off the interstate. You might as well just park it and wait it out. Someone will have a proper accident and the road will be closed anyway.

Do not go through Crashville, Atlanta, St Louis in the rain. People don't know how to drive in it.

Storms and rain tends to increase the focus intensity in the cab, you can get more miles completed without too much tired at the end of the day, just need a gallon of coffee on the shifter floor.

 

that heat, as well as a coating of RainX works in many instances.

 

the oil gets washed off more frequently than down south
you can see it lookin white floating