Highways are boring to most riders as its nothing really challenging. Mostly straights and everyone’s going the same direction. Ride ’em long enough and you learn the turbulence of various vehicles and know which ones to get behind and which ones not to.
Some things newer riders here don’t seem to realize is the “sluggish” transition from straight line to merge or turns. It is very different from the dice offs you can do at 50 mph.
Remember pass trucks on the left, never if possible on the right. If they need to come over… slow down let them. Don’t try to race them. Watch the head movements of the cars in front and beside you. It will give you alot of warning on whats about to happen. I don’t care what anyone has said before, here in these parts throttling down or braking a bit will save your ass more then trying to find your speed to get ahead of em. Not gonna happen, chances are they are speeding up with you.
If your riding where theres alot of bridges…memorize them. In hard storms especially where lightning is involved it can help you plan some shelter.