Californians don't know how to drive in the rain.
10-15-2009, 12:33 PM
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Whenever it snows here, people FLIP. They have absolutely no idea how to drive in slippery weather. You'll see so many people hitting poles and other cars, it's ridiculous.
10-15-2009, 12:34 PM
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I live in socal, and we just had our first rainstorm in months. I drive a canyon home from school occasionally. In two days I've seen three accidents and two people spin out infront of me. The major freeway near me (the 118) almost closed because there were so many accidents this morning. I dont drive an 8 and I dont have any kind of traction control and Ive never had a problem. I wonder if other states that are rainy all the time have this problem?
Speeding... driving too close and such.
I was in San Fran [more Palo Alto] a few years ago and I thought that Califormia drivers were pretty good. At least next to my ATL brothers and sisters.
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10-15-2009, 03:18 PM
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The Sacramento area wasn't too bad, just the whole billions of dollars we spent on I5/50/80 drain that failed when needed lol, but accident count was pretty low considering. *shrugs* I was on my motorcycle, I find it fun goosing it sideways on down the highway lol. Just to get in more detail for those not from california though.
California stays pretty much rain free for 8-10 months. We have the most amount of cars on the road. Think about how much oil drips onto the pavement and absolutely nothing ever washes it off. We get our first rain and it is always intense which results in lots of rain ontop of and soaked into the pavement. Results in displacing the oil (just like if you put water in a bottle of oil the two seperate) So now all the oil is ontop making for very very bad conditions. Many places the pavement turns all rainbowy from all the oil its kinda nasty.
California stays pretty much rain free for 8-10 months. We have the most amount of cars on the road. Think about how much oil drips onto the pavement and absolutely nothing ever washes it off. We get our first rain and it is always intense which results in lots of rain ontop of and soaked into the pavement. Results in displacing the oil (just like if you put water in a bottle of oil the two seperate) So now all the oil is ontop making for very very bad conditions. Many places the pavement turns all rainbowy from all the oil its kinda nasty.
10-15-2009, 03:29 PM
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When it first starts to rain, it is the most dangerous time to be driving in the rain. But, I think you may have your displacement backwards. How I know it is, the oil is soaked into the road, so when it first begins to rain, the rain sits on top of the oil soaked road rather than soaking in. Since the water is unable to soak in, the water acts like a buffer between your tires and the road so you essentially hydroplane on top of the water. After it rains for a little while, the rain works its way through the oil into the road and separates the oil so more water may seep into the asphalt.
10-15-2009, 03:39 PM
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When it first starts to rain, it is the most dangerous time to be driving in the rain. But, I think you may have your displacement backwards. How I know it is, the oil is soaked into the road, so when it first begins to rain, the rain sits on top of the oil soaked road rather than soaking in. Since the water is unable to soak in, the water acts like a buffer between your tires and the road so you essentially hydroplane on top of the water. After it rains for a little while, the rain works its way through the oil into the road and separates the oil so more water may seep into the asphalt.
10-15-2009, 03:45 PM
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You are correct that oil sits on top of water. but, when it comes to roads, the oil is already soaked into the road, and because water is denser than the oil, the water is trying to squeeze through the oil into the road. This makes it much more dangerous since the water does not want to go else where. Because water is denser, the water ultimately wins and gets into the road, then making it safer than when it was on top.