Comments on: How can you tell if your car is hydroplaning? http://www.cargearusa.com/blog/how-can-you-tell-if-your-car-is-hydroplaning/ Fri, 18 May 2012 01:34:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: epona http://www.cargearusa.com/blog/how-can-you-tell-if-your-car-is-hydroplaning/comment-page-1/#comment-5375 epona Tue, 26 May 2009 00:59:33 +0000 http://www.cargearusa.com/blog/how-can-you-tell-if-your-car-is-hydroplaning/#comment-5375 Close to hydroplaning, but not quite. When your car is hydroplaning, there is a distinct "feel" (or lack thereof). It's unmistakable. You can't steer a hydroplaning car because the tires are floating on the water (not a lot of water between the tires and the road, granted, but enough), instead of the road. The only thing you can do is slow down by taking your foot off the gas (and hope there's nobody bearing down on you from behind). When you feel the road beneath your tires again, shift your vehicle's position in the lane so your tires are on higher ground, or move into a less flooded lane. Close to hydroplaning, but not quite.

When your car is hydroplaning, there is a distinct “feel” (or lack thereof). It’s unmistakable. You can’t steer a hydroplaning car because the tires are floating on the water (not a lot of water between the tires and the road, granted, but enough), instead of the road. The only thing you can do is slow down by taking your foot off the gas (and hope there’s nobody bearing down on you from behind). When you feel the road beneath your tires again, shift your vehicle’s position in the lane so your tires are on higher ground, or move into a less flooded lane.

]]> By: Heli56 http://www.cargearusa.com/blog/how-can-you-tell-if-your-car-is-hydroplaning/comment-page-1/#comment-5374 Heli56 Fri, 22 May 2009 17:07:56 +0000 http://www.cargearusa.com/blog/how-can-you-tell-if-your-car-is-hydroplaning/#comment-5374 It does not sound like hydroplaning to me. Hydroplaning is when the car tires actually loose contact with the pavement and skim across the water much like a ski. The steering usually gets easier because there is little or no resistance but you loose all control, similar to being on ice. Normally cars in front of you tend to remove water on the roadway and minimize hydroplaning for you. Things that contribute to hydroplaning are - worn tires with little tread - torrential rains where the rain falls faster than it can drain off the roadway - ponding in the roadway - combination of the above It does not sound like hydroplaning to me.
Hydroplaning is when the car tires actually loose contact with the pavement and skim across the water much like a ski. The steering usually gets easier because there is little or no resistance but you loose all control, similar to being on ice. Normally cars in front of you tend to remove water on the roadway and minimize hydroplaning for you.
Things that contribute to hydroplaning are
- worn tires with little tread
- torrential rains where the rain falls faster than it can drain off the roadway
- ponding in the roadway
- combination of the above

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