Why do people drive fast in the rain/snow?

[Andrew025]

Originally Posted by Anthony

LOL! How little self confidence does it take to just totally clock out and abandon your vehicle?

I dunno man.
It's not like we never get snow here either.
They were just leaving them in the middle of the road too.

http://katu.com/news/local/possibly-...ays-after-snow

[finch1750]

Originally Posted by Andrew025

I dunno man.
It's not like we never get snow here either.
They were just leaving them in the middle of the road too.

http://katu.com/news/local/possibly-...ays-after-snow

What the fuck? How do they not even pull over? Hope they get fined out the ass and have a weeks worth of impound fees

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by 86Boyz

I've seen a few drivers that drive way above the speed limit on the freeway when it is raining. ..................................Why do they drive as if they are on dry tarmac? ...................What is your take on this guys? ..........

Because they are stupid.


humfrz

[Jajanken86]

What's worse is that they don't drive like that when it's dry. At least not around Portland

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[guybo]

Because it can't happen to me- not today.

A lot of times fucktards in trucks/jeeps/subarus equate AWD with All Wheel Brakes and they think that makes them OK to speed or drive however they want. Automotive journalism and advertising does nothing to correct people's thinking either. Manufacturers encourage people to think like that.

[BRZyJ]

I live right by a freeway off ramp and the first few rains of the year I'm almost guaranteed to see 2-5 cars a day fly off into the mud going into the turn way too fast. I've thought about standing out on the back deck with score cards to hold up lol.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Jajanken86

What's worse is that they don't drive like that when it's dry. At least not around Portland

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Because the roads around Portland are never dry ??.......


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[PandaSPUR]

Gotta admit I was guilty of this last night, wet roads and I was going between 50-75MPH on the highway.

The way I kinda see it, it definitely is riskier, but as long as I do the following, I should be OK:
1. DONT cut off other cars
2. Leave plenty of space in front and behind me.
3. Slow down for curves/turns.
4. Dont accelerate hard out of a curve/turn.
5. Slow down on rougher/bumpier/pothole-filled stretches of the highway.

Am I still a **** for going fast in wet conditions like that? The only time I really slow down to below speed limit is when its freezing out and there was recently snow/rain.

[86Boyz]

Originally Posted by PandaSPUR

Gotta admit I was guilty of this last night, wet roads and I was going between 50-75MPH on the highway.

The way I kinda see it, it definitely is riskier, but as long as I do the following, I should be OK:
1. DONT cut off other cars
2. Leave plenty of space in front and behind me.
3. Slow down for curves/turns.
4. Dont accelerate hard out of a curve/turn.
5. Slow down on rougher/bumpier/pothole-filled stretches of the highway.

Am I still a **** for going fast in wet conditions like that? The only time I really slow down to below speed limit is when its freezing out and there was recently snow/rain.

In your case you are doing everything the assholes are not. They are doing the opposite.

[ichitaka05]

Originally Posted by gramicci101

Usually in SLC the first snowfall is light and barely sticks. Everyone creeps along like it's the new apocalypse, so they all think that they've got their snow legs back and they're good to go. Then when the real snow hits and starts icing the roads over, they drive like idiots and crash.

Every fucking year... it's like that.

[oso_25]

The bigger question is why do people drive 35 mph on the freeway (65 speed limit) when rain kicks in. It like they never drove in the rain before.

[86Boyz]

Originally Posted by oso_25

The bigger question is why do people drive 35 mph on the freeway (65 speed limit) when rain kicks in. It like they never drove in the rain before.

it seems to be a mixture of both i noticed. some go extra slow and other go extra fast

[radroach]

@oso_25 I've heard explanations that because it rarely rains in southern California, the there's more oil and dirt in the road that doesn't get regularly washed away, so when it rains the roads are much slicker there. Also hydroplaning is a thing even at the speed limit.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by radroach

@oso_25 I've heard explanations that because it rarely rains in southern California, the there's more oil and dirt in the road that doesn't get regularly washed away, so when it rains the roads are much slicker there. Also hydroplaning is a thing even at the speed limit.

That does happen everywhere it rains infrequently.

My theory on drivers that speed up in the rain is that they are aggressively trying to prove a point to the pu55ies and those of us that are willing to blend in with them.

By "they" I include the younger version of me. ...somewhere in Mexico.