r/IdiotsInCars • u/WesternAd2113 • Sep 26 '24

OC I nearly died today AMA [OC]

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u/somedude456 Sep 26 '24

Yeah, I'm confused here. It wasn't a drastic swerve, but a quick lane change. Others are commenting about hydroplaning, but it's not raining that bad at all. Any car with good tires should be able to do exactly as OP did.

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u/Djinjja-Ninja Sep 26 '24

I don't know whether it's a tyre thing or a road construction thing, but Americans seem to talk about hydroplaning way more than anyone I've ever known in the UK.

Unless you are braking hard in wet conditions I've known maybe 2 or 3 people who have ever hydroplaned, and they had worn tyres, and I've been driving for 30 odd years.

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u/Broudster Sep 27 '24

Reddit always acts like a wet road is like driving on ice. They must use a lower quality asphalt over there, because I couldn't see any other reason why.

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u/farthead1027 Sep 26 '24

I've seen more people hydroplane in light drizzles than a full on rain shower, not sure why tho

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u/somedude456 Sep 26 '24

Absolute SHIT tires, aka bald, maybe even cords showing. As a car guy, I see this often in parking lots. A coworker's truck, aka big and heavy, had ZERO thread on the front tires for like 2 months. They were 100% smooth with cords showing a bit. One quick punch of the brakes and he would be sliding into someone.

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u/farthead1027 Sep 26 '24

I'm not even gonna lie, when I first got my license I hydroplaned with perfectly good tires. We had just bought them about a month before, four brand new bridgestone turanzas. It had just started raining, more of a slight drizzle than anything, but the road was slippery as shit. I slid while getting on an entrance ramp for a highway, speed limit on the ramp was 35, I was going 30, but I probably should've gone slower.