CutthroatSlam
Senior Member
You have to learn to stay well back of the traffic in front of you. It will not only save your windshield from rocks, but the rest of your frontend as well.
As a bonus, the people you are following will be generally less annoyed with you while you are behind them and your time to stop if things go pear-shaped for any reason will be greater.
Not saying that you are a tailgater, but just consider this.
Stay away from snow plows, but not much you can do when they are coming the opposite direction.