subject: You Have To Know About Driving In Rainy And Foggy Days [print this page] Recently, from time to time there are showers or heavy fog. Rain and fog will not only bring the deterioration of the driver's line of sight, but also the deterioration of the road conditions which cause great inconvenience to many owners of travel.
Rain - braking distance should be lengthened
See the stagnant water without a shying away. When see the the water, immediately stepping the brakes to slow down or going around, are generally common problems of drivers. In fact, these two methods are very dangerous. If you are going left and right , the drivers behind do not know how to react, which will make accidents.
The water with a depth of about 15 centimeters will not have any effect on the car. You can completely take a normal speed driving. Do not have to worry about the water into the car to make car break down. It should be noted that when car has been washed by water, the braking system may temporarily be weaken. When braking, you should ensure the distance longer, so the best rainy drive is to maintain a longer security distance.
At high speed, the wiper blades easily float upward and the sweep water capacity decline. So you had better change the car wipers every year.
The fog - open fog lamps, low speed
Heavy fog make sight worse, so you can not judge the road conditions. The drivers should control the speed, and have a rational use of lighting, which may enhance traffic safety.
When visibility is between 200 meters and 500 meters, the speed should be controlled within 80 km; when visibility is between 100 meters and 200 meters, the speed should be controlled within 60 km; visibility is less than 100 m and more than 50 meters, the speed should be controlled within 40 km; visibility is less than 30 meters, the speed should be controlled below 20 km; When the general line of sight is 10 meters, the speed should be controlled at about 5 km. Even 10 meters away you can not see clearly, it is recommended that the best way is to drive over to the side of the road in a safety zone or parking, and stay until the fog dispersed or visibility improved and then continue on the road.
Driving in the fog, the driver should turned on all the front and rear fog lights. If the fog is very large, you can also open the double flash. It need to be reminded that some drivers think opening the high beam is better, in fact, the high beam will make the line of sight become more bad, and therefore we recommend that drivers can use the high beam as signal lights to make it easier for another car coming front to find you, but the the flashing time of high beam should be very short, so as not to affect the other eyes resulting in an accident.
