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Heavy rains can quickly reduce your visibility and create slippery and hazardous road conditions. And remember, driving safely begins before you've left the curb.
Steps:
1. Confirm that your windshields and windows are clean, both inside and out, before driving. Clear your interior windows regularly of smoke residue if you're a smoker.
2. Check headlights, taillights, brake lights and turn signals. Make sure the windshield wiper motor is functioning and that both wiper blades are not worn down or split.
3. Turn on your headlights along with your wipers whenever it starts raining.
4. Drive slower than the speed limit in bad conditions.
5. Keep a greater-than-normal distance from the car ahead of you to compensate for poor braking conditions.
6. Pull over when it's raining so hard you can't see the edge of the road or other vehicles. Rest areas, roadside malls and restaurants are the best places to stop until the deluge desists.
Tips:
Many states require motorists to turn on their headlights when it's raining and when visibility is less than 500 feet. Check with your Department of Motor Vehicles or consult a traffic officer if you're not sure about your state's policies on wet-weather driving.
The most hazardous situation in rain-driving is the loss of traction and control over the car. These situations mostly peep-up due to braking hard in a car without ABS.
Also, these situations rise due to constant pressing and releasing the brake pedal in a car equipped with ABS. So, while driving in rain in a car without ABS, please do not brake hard, and while driving a car with ABS keep a constant and appropriate pressure on brakes and leave the rest of your safety to ABS.
This tip is also applicable for ABS equipped cars when running in dry surfaces. Due to constant pressing and releasing the brake the ABS will not function properly.
In any driving situation, just keep space in front. If you can, don't drive in parallel with other cars, that way if you need to swerve, you can.
My own input: do NOT use your cruise control when driving in rain or on wet streets. |
Morrisevers
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Keep your hands on the steering wheel, your eyes on the road. Stay off the cell phone and drive a little bit slower, depending on how hard the rain is. Oh, yea - don't forget your wipers. They're there for the rain, but I always thought that was instinctive. That is for the US. I'm not familiar with the roads in Pondicherry India! |
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