Driving in the rain tips?

While I agree with everyone who says don't drive faster that you're comfortable with I'm familiar with that stretch of road and I can't think of any 'tight' curve.

If you're going significantly slower than the rest of traffic you need to get more comfortable with what you're driving and you need to do it quickly. Winter is going to give you a heart attack.

 

Drive at a speed you feel comfortable with. When I drive in the rain, I will slow down to a speed that is equal to the distance I can see and stop. If I can only see 150 feet in front of my truck,I’m not going to keep running 65 or 70. Drivers have cursed me out on the CB because I slowed down s tad, but I don’t care. I will drive the speed I’m comfortable with. Sometimes I do 70, other times it’s 50, it just depends on how much water is on the road and how far I can see. That’s how I do it anyway.

 

Yes, between Kalamazoo and the state line, there are no curves that require slowing down. If one feels that it is appropriate to slow because of the weather, there is no reason to slow further for the curves, especially at close to 80,000.

 

I saw one state was running radio and TV public service compaign for motorists to stop driving with 4-ways on.

 

I was one of those taught to drive with 4-ways in heavy rain. Appreciate you bringing that up. Learned something.

 

The airbag lean is a early warning, What you don't want is the steering column, wheel becoming over-stiff and not easy to steer combined with a excessive loading onto one steer or the other in cornering. There is a point she will refuse to obey you and over you go.

Water makes it worse. You will slide. And once you leave pavement and sink down and bury one siet of wheels or other, over you go.

As far as tractors the mass is below your cab floor. You are where it's tippy but relatively light. No worries. Ive taken curves in cabover on interstate situation where it's slowing to 121 mph to make sure I don't roll in places down to 90. Interstates are built for 70 mph on down as far as curvature, gradient etc primarily for cars.

 

I don't know if it is a Maryland thing what with the morning fogs but I usually ran amber on my cars and only for the fog. One truck we had a good set of them for the WVa winters one season and we used them when no one was coming the other way so it was a little work minding them.

To this day I rarely saw fog lights on company trucks and it's unfortunate. Another would be police lights on the one or both mirrors to find addresses along warehouses etc or running Wyoming at night as aux lighting.

Maybe I doth seek too much, why wouldnt a company spend a couple hundred to increase the margin of being able to see versus not.

In Arkansas we only get fog either pending a BIG frontal passage or AFTER a good complex of storms have passed turning over the atmosphere.

 

]You sir, are the opposite of a steering wheel holder. Anyone who is willing to listen to advice in order to improve his or her game is old school in my book!

 

If you are driving a Cascadia you may need to wear a rain coat as their door seals leak right off the showroom floor. Windshields also tend to leak severely.