287 was especially bad for this over the past year. New Jersey law requires that your headlights be on if you've turned your windshield wipers on. Wipers On, Lights On. It's The Law. Drivers here are quick to turn their lights on in bad weather of any sort, and I think it's really smart.
Roads seem to flood rather quickly here.
Drivers here use their high beams at night a lot more than you'd think, considering that traffic usually is continuous, and they don't seem to dim their lights as quickly as you'd hope. If you have poor night vision and this sort of thing bothers you, you may want to avoid rural roads, especially, after dark. The major radio stations all carry rush-hour traffic reports. New Jersey 101.5 has rather insipid programming, but they offer statewide traffic reports every 15 minutes. You can listen to 101.5 if you've installed the RealPlayer plug-in on your computer.