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Tilted Cat Head
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Originally Posted by KnifeMissile
I find it hard to believe that you can hydroplane at 30mph but perhaps that's faster than I realize (I come from a metric country).
To give you an idea of the expectations of the Province of Ontario, if you skid (or hydroplane, or your ABS activates) during your road test, for any reason, you automatically fail your exam. You don't even get to finish, you simply drive back to the lot and get a big red "failede" stamped on your test sheet.
If you skid, you were going too fast for the conditions and you, as a licensed driver, should know better...
I don't know what the I-5 is like but here, you drive no faster than what is safe for your vehicle, regardless of what speed other people are driving. Most streets where congestion is possible have more than one lane, and the convention is that the right is the cruising lane and the left is the passing lane. If others can drive faster than you, they may pass you on the left so there's no reason why your speed should hold up traffic... |
speed conversion for you...
30 mile/hour (mph) = 48.280 32 kilometer/hour
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Wet Pavement And Speed Can Cause A Deadly Car Crash A Car Traveling At 60 Miles Per Hour, Covering 90 Feet Of Pavement Per Second On Dry Pavement
SAN DIEGO Wet pavement and speed can be a deadly mix. A car traveling at 60 miles per hour, covering 90 feet of pavement per second on dry pavement, takes 360 feet to stop. On wet pavement, the stopping distance doubles to 600 feet."During the first half hour of rain, roads are at their slickest because the rain water and oil from cars mix to create a surface that's almost as smooth as ice," said Gary Douglass, Occupational Safety and Health program manager for Naval Station San Diego.
According to Douglass, the biggest danger for drivers is hydroplaning, especially for those people having vehicles with wide tires. "When a car hydroplanes, it is literally skiing on water and has no contact with the pavement," said Douglass. "People who have wide tires are especially apt to hydroplane. At speeds up to 50 miles per hour, it is very easy for almost any car to hydroplane and get into an accident."
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And once the tires are floating on the water, the car is hydroplaning. The deeper the water, the more likely a hydroplane will occur. At slow speed, the tire simply squeezes the water away. At higher speeds, it is harder to flush away the water. Tires with deep tire treads and tires specifically designed as “rain tires” work best. But even the best tires may hydroplane at higher speeds. And worn tires may start to hydroplane at speeds as low as 30 mph.
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I'm sorry but while you are "by the book" correct in all these posts in this thread, you have a lot of naivete and misconceptions about driving in the real world.
One would think that people would be law abiding, do right people but they aren't. Most people are not interested in "driving" but really being at point B instead of point A.
Here's a simple way to find that out. Ask someone who you know who commutes, and when they are in their car commuting to work, ask them,"What are you doing?" They will usually reply,"Commuting to work." or "I'm on my way to work." Rarely will you hear anyone say,"I'm driving."
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