When the rain hits and the water stands, you’ve got a problem in your hands. Your tires hit a patch, lose traction and end in a crash. The bad rhymes won’t kill you but aquaplaning will. Discover how to avoid it.
Aquaplaning (or also known as hydroplaning) happens when water on the roadway accumulates in front of your vehicle’s tires faster that the weight of your vehicle can push it out of the way. The water pressure can cause your car to rise up and slide on top of a thin layer of water between your tyres and the road, essentially floating your wheels momentarily. To better conceptualize aquaplaning, imagine your vehicle riding on top of the water, like a wake boarder on a lake as the motorboat pulls it along at speed. The faster the motorboat progresses, the more lift the wake boarder experiences. In less than a second on the road, your car can completely lose contact with the ground, putting you in immediate danger of sliding out of your lane.
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