I aquaplaned driving yesterday and it scared the **** outta me. Ar there places to learn how to deal wth that?

Question

If there are any courses or places i can learn to deal with that properly within the brighton area preferably!

Answer 1

I'm sure there are courses you can go on, although I don't know where any are. Maybe do an internet search for ones in your area

Answer 2

You learn from experience to drive as the conditions allow you to. You were obviously going too fast or it would not have happened.

Safe driving.  

Answer 3

yup it can be hairy......

just find a deserted,wet carpark and have a play....

Answer 4

aquaplaning is caused by worn tyres, heavy water deposits, and SPEED mostly SPEED so the answers are in your hands slow down and the weight of the car will cut throught the water safely.

Answer 5

Contact a local BSM or other driving school...they will tell you who to contact or where to go...

Now you know the power of water on road surfaces....just like Ice isn't it....yes very scary...I saw a very bad accident where someone lost control in heavy rain....Always slow down in heavy rain or if theres a lot of surface water about.

Answer 6

Don't go so fast........only kidding, gets my goat when people don't assist you with help in finding the answer to what you asked!

this might help

http://www.intotheblue.co.uk/driving-exp...

seems to be around £80 to do it

Answer 7

You dont need a course, just a dose of common sense, if it is wet slow down, problem solved. Oh, your tyres should be legal minimum or preferably better as well.

Answer 8

Aquaplaning occurs when there is a layer of water between your tyre & the road.

Normally, the grooves in tyres channel water on the road surface away from the centre of the tyres & towards the outside, maintaining the contact between tyre & road.

Aquaplaning begins when this process cannot keep up with the dispersal of water, either because the tyres are worn to the extent that the channels in the tread are too shallow to get rid of the water, or the speed of the car is too high, so there is too much water hitting the tyres, and even a good tread pattern can't displace it.

Effectively, this means that your car is 'floating' on a bed of water, as you have found, and this means you have no steering or braking control until the vehicle speed reduces, either until the build up of water is insufficient for the car to 'float', or the tyres can maintain their water displacement.

The best thing you can learn to do is learn to drive within the limitations of your skills, your car & the road conditions. You shouldn't be in the situation where the car is aquaplaning - make sure your tyres have plenty of tread, and slow down!!!

Answer 9

Other answers give you your information, but, see link. It also matters what tyres you have fitted, currently, Goodyear's Hydra Grip are the best wet weather tyres. Which is what I have on my car, doesn't mean I'm not careful in the wet!

Answer 10

You can book yourself in with Institute of Advanced Driving, they will know were there is a skid pan close to were you live.

I have competed the Advanced Drivers Licence, Offencive Driving, Pursuit Driving Class 1 and the only advice that any body can give to you is to be constantly aware of the weather and road conditions. If its been raining or the road has surface water slow down!

When you start to aquaplane take your foot of the gas, don't touch your brake's and don't turn the wheel.

Ja.

Answer 11

i did that too. with almost brand new 205 wide tyres.

just a load of pooled water on the motorway in the dark and rain.

try to keep the car moving straight and take your feet off the pedals.

as soon as you are through the water, the tyres will regain grip

check in yellow pages for "skid pan"

or advanced driver courses

Answer 12

Under 20 mph, that mean you're going at 19mph? that's still too fast... Slow down!

Answer 13

Take lessons for the Institute of Advanced Motorists and try to get your IAM badge. The local branch can be found online or in your phonebook. Lessons are free and usually by police officers from the traffic dept who have the highest standard.

To avoid aquaplaning come right back off the throttle because you were going too fast and your tyres need to increase their grip

Answer 14

Yes, it's scary. The first time I aquaplaned was when I was driving a bus at about 10 mph and I could feel the back end coming round behind me.

There are places to learn to deal with aquaplaning, but they are few and far between. The most well known of these is the skid pan at Chiswick where London Transport bus drivers used to be taught.

Ask to speak with the Road Safety Officer at your local Police Station, they ought to help. The other possibility is to look in your local "Yellow Pages" for HGV driving schools because aquaplaning is a more common occurance for articulated vehicles.

Answer 15

Plenty of places - google 'skid pan' in your area. It's basically a trolley attached to the bottom of a car, which simulates uncontrolled slides.

Answer 16

do you really need someone to tell you to slow down. is it not obvious.<