Many years ago (as a young driver) I was traveling at night on the Maryland eastern shore (heading to the beach). I was traveling in my Super Beetle on US 50. Maintaining speed and having no troubles at all driving in the rain. I glancd down at the speedometer (infrequently enough) and suddenly saw that it was reading 30 mph, instead of the 60 mph I thought I was traveling at. A short time later the front left wheel got back on the pavement (instead of hydroplaning) and the speedometer jumped back up to 60 mph. That was my first experience with hydroplaning and I thought it pretty cool. Did I slow down? Heck, no, I watched it happen multiple times on that trip. I was young and invulnerable. Common sense is something that folks acquire with age. The young (mostly) don't have it.
On Nov 3, 2007, at 11:41 AM, Sam Conant wrote: > Hydro-planing can occur with Cruise Control on or off ... It is the > wear on > the tread and the driver's level of common-sensical driving which > determines > the risk and, often, the outcome. |
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