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The golf and my experience 40 minutes ago pouring down with rain M1
r5gtt:
--- Quote from: Dan_FR on March 28, 2016, 09:33:39 pm ---Aquaplaning in a straight line is different to changing direction coupled with strong winds. Take it you had the ESP on? If so I would attribute a lot of your luck to that.... It is fantastic and invaluable in exactly this kind of situation
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Yes you're right as in a straight line it's okay but what happened in my situation was freaking frightening. Esp always on.
--- Quote from: mdmay on March 28, 2016, 09:27:17 pm ---When it's as bad as that out I will happily be found in the inside line doing well less than 70
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I moved away from the lorry as there are four to five lanes I think then it goes onto the M25 route and it happened as I was about to come onto the M25 exit before the huge bend.
r5gtt:
--- Quote from: AJP on March 28, 2016, 09:46:35 pm ---
--- Quote from: mdmay on March 28, 2016, 09:27:17 pm ---When it's as bad as that out I will happily be found in the inside line doing well less than 70
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Damn right. Keeping away from lorries too. Seen those snaking about in front of me when it's just a bit breezy.
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I always do and this time I was doing 79 down towards the M25 when the car scared the living crap out of me and the wife. :scared: I told her it wasn't my fault and she said nothing.
Adam0604:
Had a similar scenario myself on the M5 back from West Brom to Halesowen after work recently. Very wet on the motorway, not really enough to Aqua plane too bad though. Was in the outside lane doing a steady 60-65, lorry however decided it would be a top idea to stick in the middle lane doing same speed. Some twat in inside lane nipped in front of the lorry causing him to brake quickly ...
Never have I sh*t myself so much in a car ... And I've been in two crashes, one big one.
Lorry having slammed his brakes on snaked HARD towards me in outside lane! Eased off the gas a bit, and dropped it a gear rather than brake hard myself and risk snaking myself. Thankfully the driver caught the oversteer well and stuck it. Genuinely thought I was going to be one of those fatal car crashes you see on the motorway that day.
LondonGT:
70 may seem fine but cars these days make speed easy to handle when actually it's more than conditions dictate.
Lucky you didn't crash, remember with aqua planning point the wheels where you are heading because when you get traction the danger is the snap back in line, which is what you likely experienced- at 70 the slightest misalignment will make it twitch badly.
Glad you're ok and taking the comments a good way.
sub39h:
--- Quote from: mdmay on March 28, 2016, 09:27:17 pm ---When it's as bad as that out I will happily be found in the inside line doing well less than 70
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This. Glad you and your family are all ok!
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