Northern automobile driving jellies, what precautions are you taking with west bound traffic and are you cutting them some slack due to the glare in the afternoon?

I try to be hyper aware, and I always assume they can’t see me. Like you, I stay waaaaay to the right, and sometimes I find alternate routes when I know (from experience) that visibility is zero on some roads.

Hell,no!
and you can’t make me! XD

@lucillelucillelucille I was thinking of including jokes always appreciated in the details but figured you already knew that.

Well, I don’t qualify as a Northerner, BUT..same out west.
The sun hangs low in the sky and there can be a hazy glare late in the day, if not downright blinding sunlight.

I have a blind hill on the way back to my house that has a 15mph speed limit because there is no over the hill visibility, it is a narrow country road, AND, it sits at an intersecting side road that a lot of us back here use as a shortcut out of the neighborhood.

I have almost been ‘smoked’ on this hill numerous times, people get nearly airborne at the crest and often drive up it at about 45 instead of 15! I am amazed I havn’t been nailed the last almost 5 years I have been in this neighborhood!

On the downward slope it is also really common for those going too fast to almost hit the driver making their turn from the intersecting road at the base of the hill.
Very dangerous zone!

We have the same thing happen here and those are terrible driving conditions. I’m a super cautious driver anyway so I always watch out for strange driving behaviour no matter what season we are in.

The thing that really worries me in this scenario is having a ped walk out in front of my car and I can’t see them do to the glare.

I consider everyone else on the road to be an imbecile and I’m shocked and horrified by how often I’m proved right. That’s a timeless attitude. I also make some allowance for that fact that sometimes I am the idiot.

I wear polarized sunglasses pretty much any time the sun is out whether I am driving or not. Otherwise, I would not be able to see more than a few feet regardless/ barely enough to see over my hood. But with them, I can drive right into the Sun and still see clearly, even when the sunlight is reflecting off of snow all around.

As for cutting people slack, I do not cut my fellow drivers slack very often. As far as I am concerned, if they are not prepared to drive then they should not drive. Ever! I think most people are smart enough to know whether or not the Sun is up, and most people can figure out that the Sun is bright. Of course, that seems like wishful thinking as it seems a lot of people do not know that and fail to prepare accordingly.

When it comes to precautions (aside from wearing shades so I can see), it’s pretty simple, and should come as no surprise; I drive as though I am surrounded by idiots. I often think, “What is the dumbest thing that someone could do that might kill me?” and drive as though that will happen.