do you drive at normal speed when it is raining? or do you drive slower than usual

[TheCorm]

Originally posted by: deerslayer
If it's raining to the point that I can't see the damn road, then i'll slow down.

Otherwise, no.

 

[bob4432]

i try to stay off the road here in the Phoenix, AZ area. when it rains, nobody can drive in it and there a cars everywhere. 300+ days a year of sunshine....i am sure the news people are happy, either Mesa cops killing people or cars killing people in the rain

 

[Gravity]

I drive faster when it rains. Radar can't clock you when it's raining!!

Gravity

 

[Corporate Thug]

slower

 

[StageLeft]

Slower. If you answered no either you drive like a pussy in the first place or you suck!

Of course it depends on the amount of rain too. I'd love to see you going 85 down the highway in some of the thick rain we get here. I find that overall people puss out in the rain and drive too slowly. This doesn't include the ocassional hero in his or her SUV who thinks that since they have ground clearance and fat tires it somehow makes them safer at highspeeds in the rain.

 

[Regs]

During down poors I tend not to exceed 35 MPH.

 

[rh71]

On a straight road, I drive just as fast. I slow down dramatically for the turns and curves though... (bad experiences - and it takes that much to really get it in your head sometimes).

Also, I had a friend in college who's sister died when her vehicle hydroplaned. My vehicle hydroplaned straight up a "median" as I was attempting to take a highway off-ramp... instead of turning upward toward the ramp, I continued straight... not a very good feeling going 40mph+. At least it wasn't a metal guardrail or anything that could've destroyed my car... I managed to stop it on the gravel about 10 feet away from a concrete wall.

So lucky...

BTW... I've heard the most dangerous time is the first few minutes of rain when the roads are slick, but not saturated enough for your tire treads to really work through the layer of water. I'd think the weight of your car should help in this situation.

 

[Zenmervolt]

I do not slow down for rain unless it is raining unusually heavily such that might wipers are inadequate even on high. I have never had traction problems in the rain because, wonder of wonders, I don't put junk tires on my car. Almost all of the problems people have in rain or snow can be traced to poor-quality tires or worn tires.

ZV

 

[guyver01]

Originally posted by: deerslayer
If it's raining to the point that I can't see the damn road, then i'll slow down.

Otherwise, no.

ditto.

OMFG i wanted to kill people last night. It was raining, so everyone on the parkway decided to go 1 mile /hr.... it was so maddening.

 

[Derango]

I usually drive slower because I get stuck behind some idiot who decides that going 35 in a 55 is a good idea because its sprinkling out and it might be slippery

If its really heavy, or if there's a lot of puddles and stuff, I'll slow down. Otherwise, I don't. Of course I usually only go 5mph above the limit anyway...

 

[wasssup]

last november, i sped up in the pouring rain going down a downhill s-turn and ended up drifting my civic off the road :Q

totalled the car and posted here about 1 hour later

 

[Lucky]

80mph is nothing in the rain.

 

[Aharami]

well my tires are pretty worn out...so i drive slower since there is a higher chance of me hydroplaning

 

[dxkj]

i usually drive the same speed... unless there is a TON of water on the road, or I cant see more than 20 feet in front of me.


I've driven from PA to NH a few times and just got pounded each way by some crazy storms. When you are going up hill and its pouring with water rushing down the 4lanes, you tend to not be able to go any faster than 35 in a honda civic. Dang hydroplaning. 35-36-65-34-36-58-34-35.... damn light car

 

[TheBoyBlunder]

If it's raining heavily I slow down. If it's just sprinkling or something, I keep going.

 

[crab]

I usually do the double or triple of my normal speed.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

I slow down in porportion to how much it's raining, and how stupid traffic is being at the moment. If it's just sprinking and noone's freaking out, I won't slow down signifigantly. If it's so bad that I can't see the lines but I can see water flowing down the freeway, you know I'm slowing down. If it's moderately raining and everyone is doing that "bumper to bumper so they can get home before getting wet" thing, I'm in the right lane doing my thing. Given that I'm usually one of the faster drivers, when I slow down often doesn't put me excessively slow, it just means that I stay out of the left lane most of the time.

 

[NogginBoink]

Since I can only go as fast as the car in front of me, that means I usually slow down.

 

[BigSmooth]

Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis
Depends on the amount of rain. Usually I drive about normal speed, turn slower.

Agreed. I don't understand why some people decide to go 50 on the freeway when it's drizzling.
People in Oregon drive way too slow most of the time anyway.

 

[DurocShark]

Originally posted by: NeoPTLD
Unless it's raining so heavily I can't see readily, I go the flow of traffic, but with twice the following distance.

Exactly. And here in SoCal the flow even when raining is usually 10 over the limit.

HOWEVER: for the first hour of a hard rain, longer for a wimpy rain, I'll slow down because the crap hasn't washed off the road yet. That mud+oil+whatever is slippery as ice!

 

[Nitemare]

Depends on how much it is raining and how many morons are on the road at the time

 

[madthumbs]

Rain-x works better at higher speeds. Cops are less likely to run speed traps in the rain. I've read that radar guns are thrown off a bit (to our advantage) by fog and rain, but this may be outdated info. Important is to remember that if it hasn't rained in a while there is likely an oil build up on the road (from the air) that will make the roads very slick for a while until it washes away. Also, I believe in using daytime lites... and can't understand the dumbfvcks that don't use lights even when it's raining! Ok, it's the cops fault for not pulling you guys over for it.

 

[TechnoKid]

It usually depends on what time of the day it is, and, what condition I know my brakes and tires are in.

 

[dmw16]

I sorta get the feel through the steering wheel how the tires are gripping the road. That feeling and visability dictate speed. I go to school in Maryland and live in Jersey and one day I was driving home on I95 and it was pouring and I was doing about 35-45 for most of 95. Took me 5 hours to get home where in good conditions I do it in 2.5.
-doug