He also requested the transport department and the traffic police to intensify their educational campaign in this regard.
HCFI released the following tips to drive safely during the monsoons:
- Sl–o–o–o–o–o–w down. Driving too fast is the No. 1 cause of accidents on wet days.
- If an accident occurs or your vehicle stalls, pull as far off the road as possible, turn on flashing emergency lights, and move to a safe area. If there is no safe place next to the road, stay in your car and remain buckled up.
- Drive in the tyre prints of the car ahead of you. When a car hydroplanes, it’s riding on a thin layer of water between the tires and the road. The water in tire prints has already been displaced, so you get better traction.
- If your car hydroplanes, hold the steering wheel steady and lightly apply brakes. When you feel the tires touch the pavement, slow until regaining control.
- Don’t speed through standing water.
- For motorcyclists, crosswalk lines and pavement arrows are super–slick.
- Check the tyres and wipers of your car. According to the Traffic police, many drivers in accidents say their visibility was hampered as the car wipers smeared their windshields on a rainy day.
- Keep a safe distance between you and the vehicle in front. Your braking distance is greatly increased in wet driving.
- Don’t brake while in a curve if at all possible. Brake before entering the curve.
- Use turn signals for all lane changes and turn well in advance so it does not surprise another driver and cause him to brake.
- Don’t change lanes.
- Dark traffic signals or blinking red lights mean everyone must stop once, assess the traffic and only then drive on.
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