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Hydroplaning
Hydroplaning is dangerous. So much
water can build up under your tires that
they can actually ride on the water. This
can happen if the road is wet enough and
you're going fast enough. When your
vehicle is hydroplaning,
i t
has little or no
contact with the road.
You might not be aware of hydroplaning.
You could drive along for some time
without realizing your tires aren't in
constant contact with the road. You could
find out the hard way: when you have to
slow, turn, move out to pass
-
or if you
get hit by a gust of wind. You could
suddenly find yourself out of control.
Hydroplaning doesn't happen often. But it
can if your tires haven't much tread or if
the pressure in one or more is low. It can
happen if a lot of water is standing on the
road. If you can see reflections from trees,
telephone poles, or other vehicles, and
raindrops "dimple" the water's surface,
there could be hydroplaning.
Hydroplaning usually happens at higher
speeds. There
just
isn't a hard and fast
rule about hydroplaning. The best advice
is to slow down when
it
is raining, and be
careful.
Some Other Rainy Weather Tips
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Turn
on your headlights
-
not just
your parking lights
-
to help make
you
more visible to others.
Look for hard-to-see vehicles coming
from behind.
You
may want to use
your headlights even in daytime if it's
raining hard.
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