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Tips for Driving in the Rain - Huon.cloutier

The danger of driving when the road is wet is tenfold especially when you are new to driving. An inexperienced fellow in a driver’s seat during a rainstorm can put others at risk as well himself. If you are experienced enough, there is no need to panic but not everyone comes as an expert in driving. Rain brings out the worst in most drivers and can cause dangerous driving hazards. The following tips are some of the safety measures which you can adopt to protect yourself while driving on raining days:

* Turn on the lights and wipers. Slow down instantly when the rain starts as rain water mixed with oil can make the road slippery and slick.
* Don’t follow another driver too closely and try to keep plenty of distance between the front and back vehicles.
* Pay attention to the pedestrians walking aside or trying to cross the road.
* Pull off the road if the rain is too heavy and the road is unclear.
* Drive in the lane which is closer to the center as the slow lanes may have water build ups and is not safe.

Tips for Driving in the Rain - walkharris

One of the most common natural hazards of driving rain. Many people do not realize that there are certain rules for driving in snow, great for riding in dry weather. Here are some tips to get to your destination safely, if you have to go when the weather is less favorable. If you are venturing in the shower after the skies were dry for some time, you better be very careful during the first few hours after your trip. The reason for this is that the engine oil and grease from cars inevitably ends on the road, and when the roads dry it stays there. However, when he first began to rain, rain water mixed with these elements, resulting in a slick spots. It takes time to rain wash this liquid away, so the first few hours of rain can be more dangerous than the later hours. You should assume that your trip to the rain take you longer. You will need extra time to go slower than they could. Traffic jams are common during the rains, as flooding of roads, which will delay arrival at destination. You need to stay in the middle of the road, so you do not drive a big puddle of water that collect on the sides of the road. If you drive through large puddles of these, you can damage the engine, letting the water splash around in it. Whenever it rains, you should make sure to use lights. This is because the darkened sky makes it naturally harder and harder to see the other drivers to see you. Do not try to go when the rain pours to the extent that you can not see the road. If you are on your way when that happens, you need to find a place to stop and wait until the rain subsides. Try to stay away from vehicles with large tires such as buses and trucks. These tires can cause a lot of water to spray on them that could hit your windshield and temporary block your view that it is always dangerous.

Edited by Avant on 07/03/2012 at 23:29

Tips for Driving in the Rain - FP

This post includes what appear to be links to a product. I thought advertising was not allowed?

Tips for Driving in the Rain - Avant

Not any more it doesn't. Thanks.

Tips for Driving in the Rain - sandy56

stay at home

Tips for Driving in the Rain - Collos25

The OP cannot read the heading at the top of the page "Non motoring"