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Car tyres in good condition are not an excuse for driving fast in heavy rain. There is a high potential of aqua planning, significantly reduced visibility and you may encounter a flooded road.

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This article provides advice about driving in heavy rain and what to do if you encounter a flood.

During the winter months regularly check your windscreen wipers to ensure they can cope with heavy rain. If the rubber has deteriorated, replace it immediately. It's very simple to do or local garage will be happy to help.

If caught in a downpour then double the distance between yourself and the car in front. This is because stopping distances are increased on wet roads as your car tyres struggle to find grip. Visibility is also reduced which will lower your reaction time if required to brake suddenly.

Even today's modern road surfaces struggle to cope with a heavy downpour and standing water is a potential hazard. Try to avoid standing water and slow down. If you don't there is a high risk of the car aqua planning.

Aqua planning occurs when the car tyre's tread pattern is unable to disperse enough water to maintain a point of contact between the tyre and 메리트카지노 the road. This makes the vehicle uncontrollable with the loss of steering, grip and a sensation of driving on ice. It can be a very frightening event as I'm sure anyone who has experienced it will agree. The best advice when it happens is to hold your steering wheel lightly and lift off the accelerator until your car tyres regain their grip.

If you're unlucky enough to break down in heavy rain, stay with your car but check you are not in a location that is at risk of flash flooding. Your engine may have been affected by the water and in many cases the car will restart when it has had a chance to 'dry out'. If you have called for assistance do not prop the bonnet open until help arrives. This will cause the electrics to become rain-soaked and the car will be even harder to restart.

The rain may be so heavy that you experience a flooded road. The AA provides some good advice about how to deal with this:

1. Do not drive through flooded water unless you know how deep it is.

2. Stay in the middle of the road. This is known as the crown of the road and should be where the flood water is shallowest.

3. Drive slowly to avoid creating a bow wave, which can cause neighbouring houses to be flooded.

4. Pass one vehicle at a time through flood water. Allow the oncoming traffic to pass first.

5. Do not risk driving through fast moving water as your car can easily be swept away.

6. Driving at speed through a flood can cause expensive damage. Even a small quantity of water sucked into the engine through the air intake will cause serious damage.

7. As you drive through the flood water, keep the engine revving by slipping the clutch. This prevents water in the exhaust which may stall the engine.

8. Test your brakes as soon as you leave the water.

Car tyres in good condition will be able to cope with most wet driving surfaces. But with heavy rain or a sudden downpour extra care must be taken to avoid a possible accident or injury.

Have you ever wondered just how much it rains at your home every year? Have you ever compared how much it rains where you live versus how much it rains where your friends and family live -- miles away -- in a different city, state, or even a different country?

Who does that anyway? Now let's say in the event that you did want to have some fun with that kind of stuff, getting yourself a rain gauge would be the way to go.

A rain gauge is basically a weather instrument used to determine how much it rains at a certain location over a certain period of time. Also, you and I can purchase a rain gauge just as a meteorologist could. They are available all over the internet and in some specialty stores. A rain gauge is not something that only a news station would have access to.

Rain gauges are used by meteorologists and hydrologists on a professional level - and by forever-questioning individuals like yourself and I on an amateur level.

A rain gauge will measure the amount of liquid, or liquid precipitation over a set period of time. We must also keep in mind that there are factors that can influence the accuracy of such a device -- such as those extremely windy storms or hurricanes.

Do rain gauges help make the world a better place?

Well, rain gauge data is compiled and analyzed by professionals which ends up being used by farmers, harvesters, meteorologists, hydrologists, gardeners, and the common folk for a variety of useful (or not so useful) purposes.

So, one can conduct an interesting and interactive experiment by involving friends and family all over the nation, even all over the world, and compare each other's rainfall data. You never know what kind of interesting facts you may come across along the way.