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matthew9712

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Re: When rain meets the rush hour...
« Reply #15 on: August 28, 2010, 10:18:11 AM »
I understand what you mean and I agree it's bad driving. However I get payed for my travelling time in my job so i sit in the left lane and go slower than the wagons so I have no need to overtake. Some nasty looks though when wagons are overtaking you.  :whistle:

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Re: When rain meets the rush hour...
« Reply #16 on: August 29, 2010, 09:15:26 PM »
Erm, aquaplaning meaning big fat puddles.  Meaning tyres just about hanging on?  Yeah.  That's the way when it rains big time.  The key is to spot those  puddles and take foot off gas just about the time you hit them.  Rain is weather, as is wind.  If people can't drive in it, they have no business being on the road.  I have fat puddles on my way to work, admittedly I know where they are, but when I drive through Germany, Holland, Belgium and France in the puring rain, I need to rely on my eyesight, as .  Glasses, anyone?

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Re: When rain meets the rush hour...
« Reply #17 on: August 30, 2010, 12:56:39 PM »
Commuting = Train/tube (I draw the line at buses).

Still, I think that people who hog the middle lane or use the outside lane for anything other than overtaking should be taken somewhere remote and shot :thumb:

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Re: When rain meets the rush hour...
« Reply #18 on: September 02, 2010, 11:14:44 PM »
Definitely, but to this day I have avoided accidents.  I guess my dad prepped me ok for the roads.

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Re: When rain meets the rush hour...
« Reply #19 on: September 03, 2010, 09:22:00 AM »
Erm, aquaplaning meaning big fat puddles.  Meaning tyres just about hanging on?  Yeah.  
Nope...  aquaplaning...  meaning tyres no longer hanging on as they are not in contact with the road.  

The key is to spot those  puddles and take foot off gas just about the time you hit them.

We get a fair bit of bad weather in Scotland & standing water is common place.  I've been driving 20 years in that kind of weather....  if you are honestly trying to suggest that you can 100% accurately measure the depth of standing water, assess it against the remainder of your tread depth & calculate the reduction in speed you need to make, while you are approaching it at normal motorway speeds... then you truely are a driving god.... either that or Terminator.

I'd rather drive that 2/10ths slower in those conditions myself & make sure I got to the end of the journey.

On your point about hogging the outside lanes though...  I agree...  painfull when you are waiting to overtake someone doing 65 in the outside lane, when you can see the inside is free.
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Re: When rain meets the rush hour...
« Reply #20 on: September 09, 2010, 11:01:04 PM »
Rain means one thing: it takes you longer to come to a full stop.  That is all it means.  I navigate puddles of 30 cms depth on my daily commute, and I have slid across them on the underside of my car.  It is not a problem, unless you start turning the wheel, braking and panicking,. You just roll over them.  If you aquaplane, you take your foot off the gas and keep the wheel steady.  You don't brake.  After navigating a really deep puddle, you hit your brakes fully at least twice.  To dry them off.  Whenever I am driving I turn into a lean, mean calculating machine, looking far ahead, assesing distances, my speed, other people's speeds, overtaking distance, car power, road conditions, braking distance, deer danger, etc.  And to me most danger is coming from other cars.  Not rain, not snow or ice.  So once I hit the road, unless I feel you are paying attention to your driving - which includes indicating, you are a hazard.

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Re: When rain meets the rush hour...
« Reply #21 on: September 10, 2010, 09:43:10 AM »
Rain means one thing: it takes you longer to come to a full stop.  That is all it means.  I navigate puddles of 30 cms depth on my daily commute, and I have slid across them on the underside of my car.  It is not a problem, unless you start turning the wheel, braking and panicking,. You just roll over them.  If you aquaplane, you take your foot off the gas and keep the wheel steady.  You don't brake.  After navigating a really deep puddle, you hit your brakes fully at least twice.  To dry them off.  Whenever I am driving I turn into a lean, mean calculating machine, looking far ahead, assesing distances, my speed, other people's speeds, overtaking distance, car power, road conditions, braking distance, deer danger, etc.  And to me most danger is coming from other cars.  Not rain, not snow or ice.  So once I hit the road, unless I feel you are paying attention to your driving - which includes indicating, you are a hazard.

It's a fact that the vast majority of drivers overestimate their capabilities..... :whistle:
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