Normally you are either going so fast you are looking far down the road and not over the side or really slowly, trying to not rear end the car in front of you, the height is not that noticeable unless one is a passenger. One time I was on a freeway in Houston at night and suddenly sparks started flying down on me while I was going at normal speed - it was a truck that had flipped on its side in the merge lane that was above me and to the left and was grinding against the road and the guardrail at about highway speed (for a little bit), that was a new fear unlocked.
The first time I approached the High Five I got a pit in my stomach, and I'm not a particular anxious person. Its scale is astonishing.
Me too! I can’t avoid them all the time but I slow down as much as I can safely (this is Texas so everyone drives at least 20 miles over the limit) and look straight ahead.
Once I was cruising down the 130 toll road around Austin just after rush hour listening to the radio and just keeping up with traffic. Then traffic started pulling away from me and I couldn't keep up; my truck wouldn't go any faster. Thinking I was having a problem I looked at the dash and noticed I was going 105 mph and was up against the speed limiter on my truck. Yeah, even when the speed limit is 85 that's not enough for Texans. ;)
Ah 130 toll road! Yeah, I can totally imagine people zooming past you even when you were driving at 100+
You should try going over one of those on a motorcycle! Good thing I'm not afraid of heights.