So, to answer your question, yes I did mean something else. I still stand by my statement that comparing driving in flooded or icy roads to a light rain is an exercise in pointlessness.

I'd be interested to see who on this thread has lived and driven on a consistent basis in a bigger city and who hasn't. My gut is telling me that I already know the answer, though.

I think what this thread needs now is to head in the direction of university students making roads unsafe.

I grew up in Dallas, which is where I learned to slow down on wet roads, even in light rain.

TLIAC, did learning to drive in Dallas also teach you to go 85-95 mph, minimum, in the left lane on LBJ?

Haha my AMC Hornet would not even go that fast. Plus I was driving during rush hour. Lived in the Lake Highlands area and worked at Park Central. Top LBJ speeds at that time were 5-7 mph.

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I will try to be perfectly clear for you in the future so that I can walk you through this stuff.

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Cool. I need a LOT of help. I'm real slow.

And now I know when you post, you may mean something other than what you actually posted.

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AMC Hornet

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Awesome car if you got the right model

It was a nice little car-even looked kind of sporty. 1972 with a luggage rack on the trunk, light blue with a white top.

Bought it for $1,000 in 1976 and sold it for $1,200 in 1981 even with a boo-boo on the front left fender.

Edit: I know that 90% of you weren't even born then so please give me a break on pointing that out.

[This message has been edited by thisladyisacop (edited 8/13/2008 7:16p).]

FYI, a light rain on roads that haven't been rained on in a long time makes them very slippery.

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There is nothing in there about conditions. Zero. You're an idiot if you drive 40. That's what you (and others) say.

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maybe its because i am young i dont understand how an internet forum is so complicating for some people, heres how it works...

there is a thread, and it starts with an original post, and intellectual people start from there and realize all posts after the first post should be in reference to the original post.... the rain that day was no where near the rain on tuesday....the rain that day was not so bad you couldnt see....it was not icy....it was not flooded....it was not foggy....it was not night time.... there wasnt snow....as far as i know a beer truck did not dump its load on the highway...there were not cattle on the roadway... there was not a tornado....or an earthquake... or the fear that a hurricane would hit in three days...or mark sykes taking photos of pale white guys in bluebonnets using a red light camera and eating hooters chicken wings

just because its presidential election season doesnt mean you should take everything out of CONTEXT

obviously the FACTS presented by tliac support the slowing to 60 mph (under only wet conditions as they were on the day described by the original poster on texags aggieland forum) as being sufficient

those of you who think 40 is ok, do you think it is acceptable for emergency personnel to drive faster than 40 on just wet roads(the conditions experienced on the day of the original post on texags.com aggieland forum)...if a car is going to hydroplane, does it matter who is behind the wheel?

edit: on wet roads follow a vehicle considerably larger than you, such as a semi, make sure you are a good 5 feet away...when they hit their brakes, hit yours, if you slide, they will slide farther and hopefully clear the road in front of you

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Watertower, it has been many years now, but my brother used the "follow a bigger vehicle logic" in a driving rain on I45 South of Conroe. The problem with it is that you have no visibility beyond the larger vehicle.


In a freak accident, the larger vehicle dove for the shoulder and my brother was killed when hit head on by a drunk coming the wrong way. Conroe had two way frontage roads at the time and the drunk entered on an exit ramp.

My motto is be in control and be able to see what is up ahead.

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edit: on wet roads follow a vehicle considerably larger than you, such as a semi, make sure you are a good 5 feet away...when they hit their brakes, hit yours, if you slide, they will slide farther and hopefully clear the road in front of you

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As you guys have shown I don't know a lot of things, and I'm pretty slow at this forum-thing, but I do know THIS is good advice.