I tend to take the path less traveled, myself. The fastest route across the mountains to my family is also a hectic multi lane interstate where the drivers are rude, unpredictable, dangerous.
I take a less traveled two lane highway that has a few passing lanes, but for the most part you just settle in at a safe distance and enjoy the ride. When it is snowing heavily, I get behind the milk trucks that cross that pass and know that they will plow the way ahead.
In my impetuous youth I would yearn to pass any truck. Now I get it, they will hit any elk or deer, and those multiple wheels clear out a great deal of the slush and slop right ahead of me, almost as good as the plow truck.
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2007 Dodge Ram 3500 SRW 4x4 with 6MT
2003 TDI Beetle
2002 TDI Beetle
currently parked - 1996 Dodge 2500 Cummins Turbodiesel
Custom cab, auto, 3.55 gears
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