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Title: Driving in the Rain - helpful tips
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Published: Apr 25, 2010
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Post Date: 2010-04-25 09:47:58 by Jethro Tull
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GOOD VISION IN A DOWNPOUR #1: How to easily achieve good vision while driving during a heavy downpour… We are not sure why it is so effective; just try this when it rains heavily. This method was told by a Police friend who had experienced and confirmed it. Note: It is useful, even when driving at night. Most of the motorists would turn on HIGH or FASTEST SPEED of the wipers during heavy downpour, yet the visibility in front of the windshield is still bad... Don’t do it. Listen: In the event you face such a situation, just try your SUNGLASSES (any model will do), and miracle of miracles occurs! All of a sudden, your visibility in front of your windshield is perfectly clear, as if there is no rain. Make sure you always have a pair of SUNGLASSES in your car, as you are not only helping yourself to drive safely with good vision, but also might save your friend's life by giving him this idea. Try it yourself and share it with your friends! Amazingly you still see the drops on the windshield, but not the sheet of rain falling! You can actually see where the rain bounces off the road. It works to eliminate the "blindness" from passing semi's spraying you too. Or the "kick-up" if you are following a semi or car in the rain. They ought to teach that “little” tip in driver's training... It really does work! Check out the next one below: ******************************************* #2: This warning is another good one! I wonder how many people know about this. A 36 year old female had an accident several weeks ago and totaled her car. A resident of Kilgore , TX and she was traveling between Gladewater & Kilgore. It was raining, though not excessively, when her car suddenly began to hydro-plane and literally flew through the air. She was not seriously injured but very stunned at the sudden occurrence! When she explained to the highway patrolman what had happened he told her something that every driver should know - NEVER DRIVE IN THE RAIN WITH YOUR CRUISE CONTROL ON. She thought she was being cautious by setting the cruise control and maintaining a safe consistent speed in the rain. But the highway patrolman told her that if the cruise control is on when your car begins to hydro-plane and your tires lose contact with the pavement, your car will accelerate to a higher rate of speed making you take off like an airplane. She told the patrolman that was exactly what had occurred.. The patrolman said this warning should be listed, on the driver's seat sun-visor -NEVER USE THE CRUISE CONTROL WHEN THE PAVEMENT IS WET OR ICY, along with the airbag warning. We tell our teenagers to set the cruise control and drive a safe speed - but we don't tell them to use the cruise control only when the pavement is dry. The only person the accident victim found, who knew this (besides the patrolman), was a man who had a similar accident, totaled his car and sustained severe injuries. NOTE: Some vehicles, like the Toyota Sienna Limited XLE, will not allow you to set the cruise control when the windshield wipers are on. Good for Toyota . Other car manufacturers should integrate this life-saving feature.
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#1. To: Jethro Tull (#0)
#1 sounds like BS to me. It reminds me of the comic book X-ray vision glasses. If you can't see thru it, you can't see thru it, sunglasses or not. All sunglasses do is cut glare. And it sure as hell wont help you when sprayed by a truck. #2 is right on.
I never knew about either, so take them for what they're worth. I do dump out of cruise instinctively when I'm in a frog choker.
#3. To: Jethro Tull (#2)
One thing I notice is that people follow each other much too closely. Even in a heavy fog. It's like they are "thinking" something like "I guess there is no one stopped in front of me". There is a section of highway in CA that is infamous for that kind of heavy fog and idiot drivers. Sometimes the pileups involve over 100 vehicles. I went thru it once in a 18 wheeler and I don't mind admitting I was scared. If people would stop driving drunk and stop driving like they are trying desperately to get someone to the hospital, then they can stay out of the grave for at least another day. For about 48,000 pepole a year, that is just too much to ask for. It's a bloodbath out there. And it's because of nothing but stupidity. .
i like these because they not only help in the rain but also help to see the truth in a 'muddy' media
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