Not only does heavy rain reduce visibility and increase braking distances, but it also creates standing water, which can cause your car to aquaplane. If you’ve ever experienced aquaplaning ...
Damaged tyres should also be changed to newer ones. Faster the speed, more are the chances of you aquaplaning. Even with good tyre surface, if you hit a puddle of water at more than 85 km/h speed, ...
With puddles of water on the road after a heavy downpour, the car began to aquaplane, Hume lost control of it and the vehicle, now travelling at about 55mph, crashed into the Montgomerys' car.
"Fortunately, I managed to slow down enough to not aquaplane when I hit the flood water under the bridge. "Got very wet and was rather shocked, but managed to get through OK." A police ...
A solid overall performance. Top in the curved aquaplane test, but most impressive in dry handling, where it was adjustable and calm with great steering. A rewarding, capable tyre. Blackcircles ...
She said: “Firstly, drivers have no way of knowing what the road surface is under the puddle, causing unpredictable driving ...
Cllr Kelly said work had been carried out in the vicinity which resulted in a pipe being blocked and water getting onto the road resulting in near misses. “It is like an aquaplane,” he said calling ...
Use more of its travel and the acceleration is breathtaking. At one point we hit a puddle and start to aquaplane at 130mph – a real heart-in-mouth moment. In corners the steering is just as ...
4/4 revived after a five-year lapse, with the latest (1954) Plus-Four styling. 36bhp 100E Ford engine, and hydraulic brakes. 40bhp Aquaplane-head engine available from '57, wider body on very last ...
Essentially, the part of a corner every driver aims for to take the optimum line. Aquaplane: What happens to a car when it ...
In heavy standing water though, the Pirelli came unstuck, with a worrying performance in the curved aquaplane test. Oddly, the Pirelli came first in dry braking but seventh in dry handling.
Every turn feels predictable; you feel every ounce of downforce through the Corkscrew, The Boot, and Maggotts; every inch of an aquaplane is felt during a monsoon; every transition between track ...