Tips for drivers traveling in the rain

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Wet roads tin beryllium treacherous, particularly arsenic we spell done different storm.

Before you caput retired the door, AAA says you should archetypal measure your idiosyncratic hazard of driving connected bedewed streets.

"If it's raining a batch oregon if upwind is truly atrocious oregon you consciousness similar possibly this is thing you shouldn't beryllium doing, past don't unless you truly person to spell out," AAA Northern CA spokesperson, John Treanor said.

If you person to thrust successful the rain, crook connected your headlights, springiness yourself other clip to get to your destination, little your velocity and:

"Increase the region betwixt you and the car successful beforehand of you successful lawsuit they brake suddenly, you don't person to jam connected your brakes," Treanor said. "If you spot idiosyncratic getting into an incidental up of you, effort to not slam connected the brakes and steer astir the incident."

Slamming connected your brakes could origin you to hydroplane.

If you commencement hydroplaning, AAA says the fig 1 happening not to bash is panic.

"When you panic, your archetypal instinct is 'I'm moving wherever I don't privation to beryllium I request to slam connected the brake.' That tin marque it a worse situation," Treanor explained. "You privation to support steering successful the absorption you privation your car to go. Keep calm and refrain from slamming connected the brake, which could origin that hydroplane to get adjacent worse."

Puddling connected streets whitethorn beryllium an contented connected your drive. It tin go hard to spot however heavy the h2o is and you hazard damaging your car.

"You can't ever spot what's connected the roadway up of you. we whitethorn person a roadworthy that got saturated oregon possibly underneath the roadworthy was worn distant truthful what looks similar conscionable a puddle of water, you don't cognize what's connected the bottommost of that," Fresno County Emergency Manager, Terri Mejorado said.

Fresno County Office of Emergency Services is asking residents to study immoderate information connected the roadway similar puddles oregon downed trees to the county, but if your beingness oregon others' lives are successful danger, telephone 911.

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