I'm on my way to work this morning in the middle of a Kansas rain storm and traffic is unusually slow with all three lanes at stop and go. (No comments from California, you guys pay for the privilege to drive in this kind of stuff). I finally pass a couple of flashing red and blues then a chain of 3 cars in various states of sheet metal carnage. Another 20 yards and there is a beautiful white GT with some kind of cowl hood and red strip down the middle against the wall with both tires on drivers side blown out. I'm thinking a little too much fun on the street with a hot car under the wrong conditions. Reminded me to keep it under control. I didn't see any ambulances at the time but the cars were not looking good.
Most people freak out when driving in wet weather. They either drive too slow or too fast. Recipe for disaster on a freeway.
Sometimes, there is good reason for driving aparently too slow in the rain. I felt like one of those retards driving too slow in the rain last weekend. I was driving 50mph on interstate in a thunderstorm and getting passed like I'm going backwards... yet I was on the brink of hydroplanning most of the time. I drifted about 1 foot into the shoulder because the front tires were hydroplanning, but luckily lost enough speed and eased it back into my own lane. So everyone just needs to be a little more patient and take a little extra time in the rain. Sure, you may have great tires, but you don't know who else is out there and what kind of condition their tires are in. BTW, I have tires on the way now.
This reminds me of a joke a state trooper told me one time. He had gone to a wreck where a woman had hydroplaned and lost control of her car. When he spoke to her, he asked her, "Would this wreck have happened if you were going 10 miles an hour?" And she of course replied "No". Then he said, "Well, you probably should have been going somewhere between 10 miles an hour and how fast you were going." That may be a bit extreme (but humorous nonetheless), but be reasonable, and be safe.
Amen to that , Im a parts driver and have to deal with that all the time. jfleetwo what part of kansas you from ? Im in MO near the Liberty/KC area.
I always take it easy in the rain. These cars have to much power and compounded with bad weather can lead to bad things. What part of Kansas do you live in? Pearl02.
I'm from Wichita where people will race right up to the top of the on ramp and then come to a dead stop to check and make sure there is no oncoming traffic they might have to merge with. It pays to watch closely. Looking at where everyone was located in this wreck and the condition of the GT I'm thinking this guy is going to have one heck of an insurance claim by the time everyone is done with him.
Had a thunderstorm come through on the way to work this morning... and I hit a large puddle on the highway at 60mph. The back end kicked out a bit (hydroplaned) ... the engine bogged down and the TC light came on, and I have good tread left.
Road surfaces have a lot to do with it too. I lose traction on some roads easier than other roads. I was passing through Kansas City last October in a major rain storm. I noticed that I would lose traction real easy on those roads going through KC. Maybe they need to etch rain grooves in the roads. My Eagle F1s do fine on some roads in the rain and not so fine on others during a rain storm.
Same here. On my drives to work, it never failed to amaze me how many people leave their house at 7:55 in Dunlap,TN to be at work in Chattanooga at 8:00, add rain and everybody drives faster
