Low visibility question

Travel at the speed that you can safely stop Incase something comes up. Especially in low visibility. If it reaches a point where you’re doing 45 or less at the highway just shut her down.

 

make sure your dot reflective tape is in good condition if you know you are heading into a storm or going to be driving in stormy conditions or fog. carry a role with you, repair your trailer if needed during your pretrips.

as far as speed, it's a toss up, slower safer speed may mean increased chances of being rear ended by the other unsafe drivers on the road. going faster may mean more chance of hitting a rock or deer or deep puddle(hydroplaning), ect. i think overall slower is better, it's better to get rear ended then you yourself cause a crash.

in those conditions, i'd also suggest turning on your flashers, maybe 35 to 45 with flasher on, until more vision. if icy snowy, maybe 25, one other key is using your own judgement, if you notice not much sliding around, then you might be able to go faster. if there is alot of trees right next to the road alot of curves, if there is cliffs near the road(that may drop rocks onto the road), ect then i'd suggest slower safer speed to give self time to react.

 

Drive whatever speed your comfortable with, and that's that.

 

Slow down and don’t stop (unless you have no choice) until you can get off the road.....

Of course lights on....

 

Theres a thread here called Hit a car stopped in the hammer lane ... Some good and some bad info there

 

When things are that bad, you slow down to whatever speed is safe. We can't put a number on these questions, because what may be safe on one road may get you killed on another.

Lots of people say turn the flashers on. I detest seeing people running with them on for miles. I'll turn them on when I first encounter poor conditions. But once there's a few cars or trucks behind, they get turned off.

I see people driving down the road with them on in snowstorms, and they've been in the snow for miles. Everyone around them is going slow, and behaving nicely. So what's the point?

 

Re: 4-way hazards.

Agreed.

5th guy in line isn't going to see them and if he doesn't have them on himself as the rear of the pack & the 6th guy hits him... Well, that's on the 5th & 6th guy in line.

Nancy the truck if you have to, but let a few people know that that's what you're doing.

 

When I meet hail I stop on the shoulder of a ramp or on shoulder of road if hail is really bad. 95% of my driving is on freeways/interstate highways, or whatever people call the multi-lane federal highways. On a 2 lane road, I guess I would just go very slow. Your road speed is only going to increase the damage the hail can do to the truck. If you cannot see far you must slow so you can stop in the distance you can see. On a 2 lane road you're screwed, but I would still slow even to a walking speed. But you have to make the call. You're the only one on the scene seeing everything there. So do the best you can.