Driving in inclement weather and traffic jams

If you are going to be driving for FED-EX as a CDL A holder and pulling doubles, you should know that I see more of those in the ditches then any other set ups. Drive slower then you think you should in bad weather. Put your flashers on and stay alert.

We all drive differently. Before this stupid new reset rule that punishes night drivers, I always drove at night. Less traffic and it is just easier. Never go through a large city if you can avoid it during peak driving times. You can head out in the morning and head in during the evenings but not the other way around.

As to the number of miles you can drive, that is also up to you. How many hours a day do you want to drive. Do you want to take 34 hours off something. I like the 8.5 hour days. So, I drive 552.5 miles a day. And if it takes me 11 hours to do so, then fine. I log it as 8.5. Oh, the advantages of understand the new log book aps.

8.5 hours will allow you to never run out of hours. You will learn, just be careful.

 

I drive the Rt 95 corridor in New England every day.Traffic sucks every day. In winter it seems like it snows every day.Here we only have 2 seasons, Winter and Construction. You get use to it.

 

Bad weather and traffic jams are certainly a big part of driving, but safety needs to be our top priority. We can only do our best with trip planning, as odd things will always come up from time to time... and we just handle it as best as we can. Yes, it might mean a load is a bit late and/or we don't get paid as much as we might like, but it certainly won't pay to get your panties in a bunch and get caught in a major accident because you were rushing to make up for lost time.