Is it really..

[gabriel]

.. like this in the rest of the state? Everyone around here thinks its OK to go the speed limit when its raining. I mean, they are SERIOUSLY OK with that and I am just amazed that this is the case. :shock: :doh:

San Diego Rain Coverage (http://www.cbs8.com/global/category.asp?c=155799&clipId=&topVideoCatNo=149659&topVideoCatNoB=155712&topVideoCatNoC=155713&topVideoCatNoD=155710&topVideoCatNoE=155711&autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=4522648&flvUri=&partnerclipid=)

In that video they catch a driver hydroplaning. Problem is he/she hydro'ed like 100 ft in front of an officer on the shoulder who appeared to be dealing with another vehicle. Something tells me he/she freaked out and tried to slow down which caused the event. :hitwall:

[LadyVol@330]

Works the same in the Bay Area. Drivers do not seem to know the meaning of SLOW DOWN! Notice how they referred to "normal speed" when conditions are not normal. Personally, my favorite was the tax man!

[roaming_gnome]

People are stoooopid.

[HonkingAntelope]

.. like this in the rest of the state? Everyone around here thinks its OK to go the speed limit when its raining. I mean, they are SERIOUSLY OK with that and I am just amazed that this is the case. :shock: :doh:

San Diego Rain Coverage (http://www.cbs8.com/global/category.asp?c=155799&clipId=&topVideoCatNo=149659&topVideoCatNoB=155712&topVideoCatNoC=155713&topVideoCatNoD=155710&topVideoCatNoE=155711&autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=4522648&flvUri=&partnerclipid=)

In that video they catch a driver hydroplaning. Problem is he/she hydro'ed like 100 ft in front of an officer on the shoulder who appeared to be dealing with another vehicle. Something tells me he/she freaked out and tried to slow down which caused the event. :hitwall:

*shrug* Here in Bay Area, the vast majority of driving public is completely used to driving 15-25mph+ over the limit on the freeway under decent conditions, and driving at the speed limit in the rain actually means slowing down :)

IMO, the bigger issue is fact that most people can't comprehend the difference between a light drizzle and pouring rain. Did anyone else notice that the car on video didn't even have its lights on? :hitwall:

Sadly, even CHP's can't walk on water: http://www.news10.net/news/story.aspx?storyid=74823&catid=2


Officer David Jimenez, a nine-year CHP veteran, was transported to UC Davis medical center with major injuries, including several broken bones, Dutton said. Jimenez was responding to a spinout call on Highway 99. While travelling on I-5 from Airport Boulevard, Jimenez lost control due to slick road conditions, and swerved into the adjacent lane, according to Dutton. The oncoming big rig could not stop in time and hit the officer's unit on the driver's side, said Dutton.

Hopefully the officer makes a speedy recovery!

[Juan]

.. like this in the rest of the state? Everyone around here thinks its OK to go the speed limit when its raining. I mean, they are SERIOUSLY OK with that and I am just amazed that this is the case. :shock: :doh:

San Diego Rain Coverage (http://www.cbs8.com/global/category.asp?c=155799&clipId=&topVideoCatNo=149659&topVideoCatNoB=155712&topVideoCatNoC=155713&topVideoCatNoD=155710&topVideoCatNoE=155711&autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=4522648&flvUri=&partnerclipid=)

In that video they catch a driver hydroplaning. Problem is he/she hydro'ed like 100 ft in front of an officer on the shoulder who appeared to be dealing with another vehicle. Something tells me he/she freaked out and tried to slow down which caused the event. :hitwall:

What really gets me, other than the speeding, is when its pouring with rain and these drivers are barley visible and yet don't think about turning on their lights. Precaution people!! Precaution!! :doh:

[RI_Hopeful]

I just don't get it either:hitwall:

Out here in New England as soon as we see any sort of precipitation, whether it be snow, rain, sleet, hail, etc. we slow WAY WAY down.

[The Broadcaster]

Out here in New England as soon as we see any sort of precipitation, whether it be snow, rain, sleet, hail, etc. we slow WAY WAY down.

You guys must have just recently started doing that, because when I lived in Connecticut, I used to see cars spin out off I-95 any time it was anything but sunny. I watched a guy hydroplane into the center divider and bounce across all the lanes into the bushes right in front of me (right after he passed me in the rain) in Old Saybrook once. It was hard not to laugh....

[PapaBear]

When it would start raining in CLA, we used to go up the Pasadena Freeway and sit in Arroyo Seco Park near Ave 64 and wait for the cars to spin out and crash through the fence. A common occurance.

[graysickle]

You can not enforce common sense. :cool:

[gabriel]

You can not enforce common sense. :cool:

Can you imagine a world where you could!? :biggrin:

[LadyVol@330]

Remember that "common sense is the least common of all the senses."