Several young drivers learned about hydroplaning the hard way yesterday

[Neemer]

I was traveling east on I-40 just west of Nashville when I found myself underneath a storm cell that paced me all the way to just west of Knoxville. It was a little nerve wracking to say the least. It was one of those storms where traffic was traveling 55 in a 70 to maintain visibility with a few pulled off to the side.

Every half hour or so there would be a traffic jam due to an accident. In every case, it was a young driver in a small car who obviously lost control and slammed into a guardrail and/or another vehicle. I was young once, and learned several hard lessons as well. I’m glad I’m past that now. Maybe.

 

[Neemer]

Early morning deep thoughts…by Neemer.

 

[Joe Hogan]

We all learn lessons, some are more expensive than other lessons..

 

[AbdRahim]

They should be trained never to use cruise control in wet weather. Yes, hydroplaned at 80 moh when I was young. Fortunately, it was a great car, even though it could not go very fast. Always star young fols off in a slow car. Anyhow I just gentlely let up off of the accelerator and it would sit right back down on the road.

 

[FL-JOE]

I shared some of this in another post, but we just went from Florida to central Illinois and used almost all secondary and/or US Highways. It may have been more miles but it was much more relaxed staying off the interstates and avoiding all the major cities.

We still had to use I-75 to get out of Florida but that was about it. It seems that every year these driver's get more aggressive and less skillful. I'm not sure why they are all in a hurry, most of them never went back to work after covid anyway!

 

[Buc]

They should be trained never to use cruise control in wet weather. Yes, hydroplaned at 80 moh when I was young. Fortunately, it was a great car, even though it could not go very fast. Always star young fols off in a slow car. Anyhow I just gentlely let up off of the accelerator and it would sit right back down on the road.

I had a friend when I was young whose first car was a Mustang (mid 1990s). He wrecked it within a month.