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    The document discusses hydroplaning, including how to recognize it by a lack of steering control and splash sounds, how to reduce the risk by slowing down and ensuring proper tire tread and inflation, and tips like avoiding outer lanes and using tire tracks to drive through water. It emphasizes reducing speed and being alert as the best ways to avoid hydroplaning and concludes by referencing additional online sources about the topic.

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    The document discusses hydroplaning, including how to recognize it by a lack of steering control and splash sounds, how to reduce the risk by slowing down and ensuring proper tire tread and inflation, and tips like avoiding outer lanes and using tire tracks to drive through water. It emphasizes reducing speed and being alert as the best ways to avoid hydroplaning and concludes by referencing additional online sources about the topic.

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    Charles Baldoz
    The document discusses hydroplaning, including how to recognize it by a lack of steering control and splash sounds, how to reduce the risk by slowing down and ensuring proper tire tread and inflation, and tips like avoiding outer lanes and using tire tracks to drive through water. It emphasizes reducing speed and being alert as the best ways to avoid hydroplaning and concludes by referencing additional online sources about the topic.

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    Why it Occurs

    and How You Can


    Avoid it
    What is Hydroplaning
    How to recognize…
    • usually comes with a big splash of some sort
    How to recognize…
    • Little or no steering.
    • there's a sensation that the driver feels.
    How to reduce the risk of hydroplaning…
    • Reduce speed.
    How to reduce the risk of hydroplaning…

    • Less thread depth of tires.


    How to reduce the risk of hydroplaning…

    • Driver Alertness
    How to reduce the risk of hydroplaning…
    Others:
    • Keep your tires properly inflated
    • Rotate and replace tires when necessary
    • Avoid driving in outer lanes where water
    tends to accumulate
    • Try to drive in the tire tracks left by the cars
    in front of you
    • Turn off cruise control
    • Avoid hard braking
    • Try not to make sharp or quick turns
    Leave sooner, drive slower, live longer.
    ~Author Unknown
    References:
    1. https://www.slideshare.net/EricMaynard/hydroplaning-april-2016v2
    2. https://www.safemotorist.com/Articles/Hydroplaning_Basics.aspx
    3. https://www.autoindustriya.com/features/hydroplaning-101-recognition-
    recovery-and-prevention.html

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