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View Poll Results: What to you do when the heavens open? | |||
Pull over and stop immediately | 3 | 1.99% | |
Continue to a low traffic area and pull over | 6 | 3.97% | |
Continue slowly to planned destination with headlights on | 138 | 91.39% | |
Continue slowly to planned destination with hazard lights on | 4 | 2.65% | |
Voters: 151. You may not vote on this poll |
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28-02-2007, 07:32 PM | #1 | ||
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Well, at about 6pm tonight, the heavens opened over me as I was driving home and I noticed that some people had some interesting ways of coping with the situation. Anyway, since Sydney will probably see more rain nowadays, I'd like to pose the question in the title. What I am referring to is torrential rain that is generally accopanied by hail.
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28-02-2007, 07:43 PM | #2 | ||
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If its hailing, pull over under cover, at a servo or one of my jobs garage/carport...
Heavy rain, usually continue at a much slower pace though... |
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28-02-2007, 07:44 PM | #3 | ||
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i turn the headlights on, and procede with caution.....slowing down to the conditions.
if it gets so heavy i absolutley cannot see, i'll find a safe place to pull to the side and put my hazard lights on |
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01-03-2007, 07:43 AM | #4 | |||
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Unless I'm in Brisbane. If in Brissy I do what everyone else does. Turn off lights, sit 3 inches off the guy in front, speed up to warp speed, yell abuse at everyone and laugh at those who have broken down/crashed. I guess its a Qld thing
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01-03-2007, 08:13 AM | #5 | |||
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lol some parts of Sydney also experience this phenomenon - although the parts I usually seem to drive in, it goes somewhat like this: Heavy rain begins - all lights on, hazards on, slow down to 10km/h, block every single lane, act panicked and put your hands on your head like you have never seen water before, proceed as if you are driving a rollerskate on slicks instead of a modern car with deep grooved tyres designed to operate in wet weather, wherever possible block all emergency lanes by parking angled across them and then proceeding to call your loved ones to say goodbye to the world. When it ends make a Captain Obvious comment about how it is "good for the drought".
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01-03-2007, 10:03 AM | #6 | |||
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01-03-2007, 01:03 PM | #7 | ||
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expecting hail? well my mrs magna goes out from under cover, hopefully gets written off and my $3000 ute gets hidden under cover, no insurance on that one.
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04-03-2007, 10:51 AM | #8 | |||
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I usually proceed through it regardless ... seeing everyone has pulled off the road ... the only ones continuing are trucks (which is much better than maniac drivers with no idea). I already drive during the day with low beam on ... so in the rain I turn foglights on. Oh .... and as mentioned before .... Rain-EX is the goods. I still can't believe the number of people that don't turn lights on in the rain (specially silver cars). :
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05-03-2007, 01:06 AM | #9 | |||
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I know that silver is a really popular colour. No doubt a lot of people on these forums have silver cars, and I mean no offence, but I will never own one. It can be very hard to see on the road, and to me this colour choice is something that could so easily lead to death and/or serious injury. I haven't seen any analysis of motor vehicle accident statistics by vehicle colour. I don't even know if they exist. However, I wouldn't be at all surprised if silver cars have some disproportionate representation. It is a factor that people should, perhaps, consider when they order a new car. |
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01-03-2007, 02:45 PM | #10 | |||
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Sounds like something I'd do. If I can't see anything in front, I slow down enough to see, lights on, and continue.
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01-03-2007, 03:22 PM | #11 | |||
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Nothing worse than seeing dipsticks do the hero thing and drive flat out in the rain - absolutely no idea. I don't care if they cream themselves, but the trouble is they are likely to take out somebody else as well. |
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28-02-2007, 07:55 PM | #12 | ||
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Slow down, headlights on, and a big distance between me and the car in front.
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28-02-2007, 08:06 PM | #13 | ||
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Speed up to get home before the hail starts!
... Just kidding! Put the headlights on and slow down, stop if I cant see
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28-02-2007, 08:17 PM | #14 | |||
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28-02-2007, 09:06 PM | #15 | ||
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Rain - watch out for massive puddles on the road. I went through one and came out without a mudflap .
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28-02-2007, 08:10 PM | #16 | ||
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Perfect! all traffic pulled over, coppers are like disprins( they dissolve in water) Ya Hammer it of course!!
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28-02-2007, 08:16 PM | #17 | ||
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Hail - On the bike, head for cover :
Hail - In the Typhoon, head for cover : Rain - On the bike, keep going : Rain - In the Typhoon, CHECK THAT TRACTION CONTROL IS ON :eclipsee_ BBB
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28-02-2007, 08:38 PM | #18 | ||
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I live in Cairns, so in the wet seasin we get some hardcore rain.
I'll usually just slow down heaps, gotta love rainX, but if it is really bad, I'll pull over! |
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28-02-2007, 08:43 PM | #19 | ||
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I have the headlights on and drive depending on how heavy the rain is. If the visibility is really poor, I have my front and rear spotlights on.
It's never been that bad that I have pulled over but I go really slow. It's amazing how many people continue to drive flat out without lights on like today in Canberra. Not suprisingly I saw a MX5 on a tray top completely smashed up. |
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28-02-2007, 10:00 PM | #20 | ||
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get out and proceed to wash car? bloody water restrictions
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28-02-2007, 10:13 PM | #21 | ||
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Pull over and pick up some hail stones and make myself a scotch on the rocks for the drive home...
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28-02-2007, 10:28 PM | #22 | ||
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like el661 said, north queensland gets some filth rain depressions up there. been through half a METRE of rain in under 24 hours. no driving in that. hail is the nasty stuff tho. find a shopping centre or something to get out of it. lucky haven't had to worry about that yet. have driven to chermside one night and the hail nets were so full of hail they had sagged down and squashed the cars in under them until the ice melted haha no escape
also try and avoid anything with a bogan behind the wheel, as rain seems to bring them out... :(
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02-03-2007, 04:22 PM | #23 | ||
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also try and avoid anything with a bogan behind the wheel, as rain seems to bring them out... :([/QUOTE]
LOL nice 1. SO true. |
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28-02-2007, 10:46 PM | #24 | ||
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rain....?
whats that?
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01-03-2007, 06:52 AM | #25 | |||
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as for driving in it, well, if i ever saw it, lights would go on, i would slow down, and leave a huge gap between me and the car in front. if i couldn't see, i'd pull over. and then i'd take a photo. |
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01-03-2007, 07:41 AM | #26 | ||
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if its hailing, i use to try and find cover, but ive been caught in a few hail storms now, and ive had no damage done. besides, thats what insurance is for.
in rain, normally turn traction control off. (not for hooning purposes- but i find the car easier to control in some situations than with it on) headlights/parkers, and keep going.
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28-02-2007, 10:51 PM | #27 | ||
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I think its a Madonna song isn't it?
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01-03-2007, 09:50 AM | #28 | ||
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where's the option of keep going at full speed regardless?, that's what most drivers seem to do.
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01-03-2007, 01:18 PM | #29 | ||
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I Live in Melbourne so it hardly ever hails here. I dont think ive driven in hail since I had my ZL Fairlane 7 years ago.
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01-03-2007, 01:38 PM | #30 | ||
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I was lucky in that we just picked up the new T Ghia from the dealer and got it home 10 mins before the downpour on the Northern Beaches of Sydney.
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