Absolutel WORSE Driving Experience of my life!

One thing I forgot to write. The road has reflectors on both sides and the center line. But the rain was so intense it was almost impossible to see them the majority of the time. The other cars were probably driving completely blind as well but were able to see the reflectors since there windows had not completely fogged up.

There were a couple times when the car in front of me went over a hill top and I lost the guiding light. When this happened I was completely blind for a few seconds. I would then put the tire over the path of the center reflector and listen for the sound as guidance. The feeling of driving like that JUST FREAKED ME OUT. But the girl is nice.

[coreseller]

Glad to hear you made it through fine. I've experienced some moments myself....after you get through them the air feels and smalls crisper, the sky is bluer and so on. Too bad the feelings fade after awhile.

Actually I am still a little bit freaked out. Talking about it with Johnnie Walker was very helpful when I finally got home.

Originally Posted by coreseller

Glad to hear you made it through fine. I've experienced some moments myself....after you get through them the air feels and smalls crisper, the sky is bluer and so on. Too bad the feelings fade after awhile.

[Frodo]

We used to get rain like that from time to time when I lived in Kansas. I used to commute on weekends between Manhattan (where Kansas State University is) and Kansas City (where I worked weekdays), taking I-70, and I got nailed by storms like that a few times.

Generally every one had the sense to keep moving at a safe rate of speed (maybe 30 MPH). One time, though, some morons decided to stop under an overpass, side by side, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSTATE. It's a miracle we didn't have a massive pile-up, but somehow it never happened. (They started moving before long---one of the first vehicles that had to stop for them was this trucker who was really PO'd, and started laying on his airhorn. They got the message.)

One time that was even scarier, though it only lasted maybe 10 seconds, was when I passed a semi, with trailer, right after we had a tremendous downpour. There was a lot of water still on the road, here and there. I got part way through passing this trucker when he hit a huge amount of standing water, sending this tidal wave across my windshield. Visibility could not have been worse if someone had painted my windshield black. I gritted my teeth and completed the pass, totally blind. Not a real fun experience.