Driving In The Rain; Driving At Night - Ferrari 612 scaglietti Owner's Manual

Additionally, ensure that any loose floor mat sits
correctly.
Water, ice and salt spread on icy roads may deposit on
the brake discs and reduce the efficiency of the initial
braking.
- Make regular stops to loosen up your limbs and refresh yourself, and
avoid driving for hours on end.
- Keep a constant air circulation in the passenger compartment.
- Never coast downhill with the engine off: in these conditions the
engine brake, brake servo and power steering cannot be used,
braking requires greater pressure on the pedal and steering will be
harder.

Driving at night

When you are travelling at night, follow these fundamental rules:
- Reduce speed, particularly on dark roads.
- Driving conditions are more demanding at night, so take particular
care.
- If you start feeling tired or sleepy, stop immediately: to continue
driving would be a risk for you and for others. Continue only after
you have had a rest.
- At night, it is difficult to evaluate the speed of the vehicles by seeing
their lights only: keep a greater safety distance than you would during
the day.
- Use the high beams only outside of urban areas and when you are
sure that they will not disturb other drivers.
- Turn off the high beams when you see oncoming vehicles and use the
low beams.
- Keep the lights and headlights clean.
- Watch out for animals crossing the road when you are driving outside
urban areas.

Driving in the rain

Rain and wet roads can cause hazardous situations.
All manoeuvres are more difficult on a wet road as the tyres have
significantly less grip on the asphalt. This means that the braking
distances increase considerably and road holding decreases.
Below is some advice for driving in the rain:
- Keep a greater safety distance between yourself and the other
vehicles and reduce your speed.
- When it is raining very hard, visibility is also reduced. In these cases,
to make you more visible to others, turn on the low beams even
during the day.
- Do not drive through puddles at high speeds as you do not know how
deep they may be: travelling through a puddle at high speeds can
result in loss of vehicle control ("aquaplaning"): Hold the steering
wheel firmly.
- Use the ventilation system to defog the windscreen (see page 95), and
to avoid visibility problems.
- Periodically check the conditions of the windscreen wiper blades.
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