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What is hydroplaning?
Alantabuck
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I am new to driving, many people say in the rainy season to be careful with hydroplaning, but it is not clear and if so, how should I avoid it?
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edit: avoid it by driving around the speed limit during rain and slightly slower during sleet/snow. don't drive through running water of unknown depth.
Wikipedia has a decent article on it as well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquaplaning
Some of the relevant parts:
To avoid it:
Reduce speed on wet pavement, especially when it has just started to rain. The beginning of a rain storm will lift up oil that has dripped onto the road and make it extra slick.
Check your tires periodically. They should have sufficient tread and be at the correct pressure.
Avoid cruise control in the rain, especially in older cars. While cars newer than 2010 or so have traction and stability control, older cars didn’t and won’t recognize that a tire is slipping, and will continue to apply throttle.
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Oil slick, wet leaves, sleet/hail slurry, snow, mud, can all cause your tires to lose traction with the road/ground.
It's very much important to point out that you can't break whilst hydroplaning/aquaplaning. The danger is that your wheels aren't actually in contact with the road.
You're moving along a plane of water that is on top of the water in direct contact of the road.
Go slow when there is a risk, don't try to go slower when it starts.
I would add that foot of the gas doesn't mean removing the foot like you're were about to emergency brake, instead be a little gantle as depending on the car you will otherwise find engine braking as an undesired result.
If you're in mountain mode, yes, if you're driving stickshift in low gear, yes, otherwise taking your foot off the gas like you're about to emergency brake is probably fine.
When I drove an automatic, taking your foot off the gas would just let you coast (or at low speeds) creep. In 5th or 6th gear (out of 6) on my stick, it's basically the same. Below that, yeah, there's engine braking to be cognizant of.
Good question! I should check in with the Tesla guys at work to be sure, but the general idea is this:
All cars since 2012 have federally mandated stability control systems. Among other things, the system monitors wheel speeds and lateral acceleration. If the wheel speeds drop faster than a certain rate, wheel slip is detected and regen braking will be disabled until the condition is gone. This is at least how the system functions on ice and snow, but the general principle when hydroplaning should be similar - the tires lose contact with the ground and lose traction. So if you’re hydroplaning, there may be a brief decel attempt (<1s) before the car gives up and coasts.
There’s likely additional parameters that are looked at, such as expected vs actual deceleration according to G sensors. I haven’t worked on the ABS side of things too much, just traction and stability.
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