I started driving in 1979, and I remember enjoying it and even having some fun at first, but I enjoyed it less and less as time went on, now there's very little enjoyment and not much fun at all. Even in that time span normal traffic is now about like rush hour used to be, plus all the rules, regulations, HOS, DOT, GPS tracking,etc. that you have to worry about now didn't used to be much of an issue.
Shoot, in '79 if they were checking log books at the scales in say, Tennessee, that's all you heard on the CB, and you might still be two states away, because it was a pretty big deal then. Now you hear nothing on the CB about anything, and you can be driving along most anywhere and a cop will pull you over just because he feels like it and check your log book, paperwork, or do an inspection. And not just the DOT, a lot of local county and township cops are doing that now. It has nothing to do with safety, it was because they found out they could make money doing it.