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.

 

I don't know if I'd say rainy all the time but Atlanta has some pretty bad drivers and it only gets worst in the rain.
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.

 

It only rained like 2 days and I saw over 10 accidents... Im ashamed

 

One good thing about driving the 8 in the rain:

u turns are just a blip of the throttle and a crank of the wheel. (dont forget to turn off dsc)

 

haha i did that last year and i had a cop pull up next to me and say "that was an awesome slide, what car is that? ill think about getting one." after he left i just busted out laughing.

 

^ That is awesome!!!!

 

i know he was just like be safe. it was funny. i was like i didnt notice the ground was wet.

 

he knew you were completely full of BS!!

 

yeah it was at like 2 am. i had fun tho!

 

Shoulda asked him if he wanted to give it a try

 

i held the button for 8 seconds or whatever so it was competely off. No DSC FTW!!!!!!!!!!

 

haha didnt think of it at the time.

 

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.

 

^ thats what im sayin its very dangerous and people are not aware of it.

 

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.

 

^very true. Hydroplaning is sooo fun tho going 75mph on the freeway!

 

Fun?!?! That shat freaks me the F out!!

 

psssh i go ***** out and turn off my dsc! lol jk

 

Until your ***** are all over the gaurdrail!! lol

 

Hmm...Now imma have to play with it when I get home. I thought when you pour oil into water the water sits on the bottom. Like when oil barges crack open the oil sits on top of the water in the ocean...But thats salt water so I'm not gonna say you are wrong I have to play with it when I get home from work lol. Also thinking of like NHRA when it is really humid out the oil comes out of the pavement making it not safe to race.

 

I bust 360 in rush out traffic! haha

but seriously oil and rain dont mix with bald tires. be safe out there peepz

 

White shadows you are correct water is heavier than oil thus it will sink below the oil.

 

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.

 

It's all about position. The oil's position is soaked in to the asphalt, and the water's is on top. But the water wants the oil's position, so during the battle, hydroplaning possibilities are at a maximum.

 

But how long is the battle? Oil will eventually win and be on top. Either way it means sliding times.