The car on the humid road does not behave like usual, and with an unimportant visibility, the possibility of an accident increases significantly.
First of all, you need to keep the distance ahead. This advice must be observed in normal weather, but in rainy visibility it becomes worse, so the distance must be increased, and the speed is reduced. It is also important to remember that neighboring drivers will not always be able to respond to the surrounding cars. You can dousing someone with water from a puddle, and get up to it yourself. Both drivers will briefly lose visibility and, therefore, will not be able to exercise control over the situation, which will lead to an emergency.
Before the accumulation of water, you need to slow down. Firstly, insidious pits can lurk in a puddle. Secondly, moisture falling into the brake mechanism radically reduces the functioning of the brake pads. Thirdly, if the movement is too fast, then the controllability of the machine will be lost. This is called aquaplaning-the water does not have time to get out of the wheels, therefore, the car begins to plan over the water. In this case, it is recommended to slow down until the completion of water adversity and only then start slowly slowing down. In all cases, it is important to remember that the bad weather has found other drivers nearby, so you should not resort to sharp maneuvers, inhibition and change in speed.
Recommendations when driving in the rain and on a wet road
After the start of the rain, you need to be extremely careful behind the wheel. When the asphalt is dry, it is covered with a mixture of dust and oil, which leaks from passing machines. This mixture dries, but when it rains, it gets wet again and creates a rather slippery film on the asphalt. If there is a strong rain, then it gradually washes off this whole mixture, and driving on such a coating becomes not very dangerous.
If necessary, arrive in time somewhere, and it is raining outside the window, you need to leave in advance. You should know that the average flow rate of machines with rain is from 40 to 50 km/h.
If in raw weather there is a need to stop, then you need to start slowing down in advance, and to gently on the brake pedal. Such actions will help the driver who goes from behind, also slow down in time.
Do not use cruise control during the rain. In most machines, this function is not adapted for raw weather.
You need to try to avoid large puddles. After all, they can hide pits, bumps, open wells, dirt in which the car can get stuck. Also, having traveled along the puddle, there is a risk of filling the trumpbuver, which will slow down a further trip for a long time.
When it rains outside, you must definitely turn on the headlights. However, the high beam is not suitable for this – it will affect the grains of rain and will blind. The ideal option would be fog.
It is better to keep a distance from heavy vehicles. Their large wheels during the rain are ejected by a sufficient amount of dirt, which can interfere with the further movement very much when it hits the windshield.
If the wipers are faulty, it is strictly forbidden to go somewhere in the rain. The road overview will be zero, which will most likely lead to an emergency.
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