Comments on: Aquaplaning | Hydroplaning

By: Sue | Used Cars

Sue | Used Cars — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:26:00 +0000

There is nothing worse than aquaplaning, I have been in a situation like that before and it had to be one of my worst driving experiences ever. I think that if one can do an advance driving coarse one should.

By: alborz

alborz — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 11:34:41 +0000

Actually, it is wise to put the car into neutral, this perhaps applies more to automatics than manuals as the auto cars tend to have a little push to drive without any acceleration and during hydro planning the last thing you want is power to the wheels.

In either transmission, putting the car into neutral will not only take away the temptation of accelerating, but also avoid any unwanted acceleration or brakage through the gears. Some people prefer to put the car into neutral, some don’t.

Others seem to agree with this idea :
http://www.whatprice.co.uk/car/hydroplaning.html

By: R. Moffitt

R. Moffitt — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 11:43:45 +0000

Dear writer. Surely you are not serious when you advise “put the vehicle out of gear” when you are in a skid (which aquaplaning is). I have never heard such potentially fatal advise. Once that vehicle is out of gear YOU NO LONGER HAVE ANY CONTOL.
Steer the vehicle in the direction it is going without accelerating or braking until you have regained control, yes! Turning the steering wheel, braking or accelerating will of course put you in another type of skid (front-wheel or rear-wheel skid), yes! NEVER NEVER PUT A VEHICLE OUT OF GEAR WHEN IT IS MOVING IN SUCH A DANGEROUS SITUATION.

By: saeid

saeid — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 10:43:25 +0000

please send me the video clips of hydroplaning.

By: saeid

saeid — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 10:43:08 +0000

please send me the video of hydroplaning.

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Mon, 14 Aug 2006 04:32:18 +0000

[...] Why is that the driving courses still require drivers to do a parallel park when they never teach you what todo if your aquaplaning the car of it you’ve lost control in the wet, or how to deal with a car with ABS etc etc? Why does the QLD government always take the easy way out of trying to fix the road toll problem. Its not a two step process of putting more speed cameras and tougher laws. There needs to be more education for younger drivers and less restrictions. Many young Drivers will always want to speed, so why not give the chance to do just that in a safe environment? Furthermore, 100 hours of supervised learning before taking the test? Are they serious? Who can afford that! What if the young driver going for his or her test doesn’t have their parents car to practise on? Are they going to pay $40/hr for 100 hours to get that log book filled up? Thats $4,000! [...]