[!LittleDragon]

Saw some Mazda 3 spin out behind me coming off the Lionsgate southbound today. During rush hour, it's single lane south. Traffic is going slow over the bridge so when it changed back to 2 lanes on Georgia st, I changed into the fast lane and I needed to make the turn onto Pender. The Mazda 3 behind me did the same but for whatever reason, he lost control of the car and spun around a few times. Speed was not a factor because it was rush hour, he must've had some bald tires or hit an oily patch. The stupid thing was that I saw him start to lose it on the first bend so I figure he would slow down

Be careful out there.

[moomooCow]

Saw like four accidents today... from one day of rain... people seriously need to learn how to drive!

[Harvey Specter]

Lol, Lower Mainland drivers are hopeless.

[BEEB]

weird thing is, i found that it's kinda slippery today too!

Usually I drive pretty fast with my underpower Benz and the driving dynamic is really smooth and turn in's are great... but today, the road's are slick !

I think it's from all the oil fumes that accumulate on the street over the week .... so the rain kinda wash it and the street turns into a slick ring !

[saiko]

The first bit of rain after long periods of sunshine are always the scariest!

[Bender Unit]

today I saw 2 accidents in the same interscation (different time period)
Rear Ending & Left Turning...

Slippery Road indeed

[CivicTypeRice]

Im too cheap to buy new tires.

[dL]

lol.. not surprising, Goodyear RSA tires FTL.

dL

[DK33]

The roads saw 2 accidents happen on Clarke Road hill in Port Moody. In the same area second one the truck screwed up the center barrier and closed the road...

[azn_boix]

saw a tercel ran into someones fence on knight this afternoon

[KO7]

On 33rd between Victoria and Nanaimo, there was a white car on the sidewalk with two cop cars attending the scene at 5am. :S

[Qmx323]

Saw an Asian girl in a White Nissan/Infinity SUV, making a left turn onto No.3 Road from sea island way(?) hit the center median and proceed to slip left and right for about 2 seconds, clipping the left median and then finally stabilizing. I passed her later and she looked pretty cute :) gotta be more careful though

[roastpuff]

Was driving a friend home after ultimate today. 41st heading east to Cartier... intersection of 41st and Granville, beige Corolla stopped very late on Granville north curb lane, was going to turn onto 41st. I nearly honked at him, as I was in the curb lane and it was green (my right of way) but decided not to, as he stopped anyhow. Turned into Cartier heading south, the Corolla's following. Not even a block in and I hear squealing tires behind me.

I check in my rearview and I see the Corolla WEAVING CRAZILY from side to side - eating up the ENTIRE STREET. He/she was also very close to my rear bumper, as I could barely see the headlights in the rear view and that's quite close (about 5 feet or closer). I honk my horn and floor the gas, trying to get away from the crazy person. Scared the crap out of me and my passenger... adrenalin was racing! Quite surprised the Corolla did not clip the parked cars on the roadside.

Geez... I slowed down just enough on 43rd to do a quick left-right-left check, not stopping, and roll through to 45th, accelerating as fast as I can to ~60km/h to gain distance from the crazy driver. Luckily he turned right and I turned left on 45th.

Scary. :( I don't know if he/she was drunk, lost control of the car because of slipperiness or fighting the passenger or something, but that was my driving encounter of the day. :(

[skyxx]

DRIFTTTTOOOOO!!!!!

[sonick]

It's not mainly bad drivers... Light rain after a dry spell is always bad on the roads coz oil seeps out of the asphalt and stays on the surface.

Heavy rain washes this off, but when it's light, it basically coats the roads with a film of oil/grease.

[shenmecar]

traction control on.

[ilvtofu]

Rush hour? how fast could he have been going!?!?!

[twitchyzero]

usually this happens in late august/early september when it rains for the first time after like 3 months

but i remember the last time it rained was just a month ago...so i dunno how there can be so many dried up oil patches that got slippery again.

[skyxx]

traction control on.

I was driving on Boundary just off the highway up the hill, I felt my tires spinning and my traction control turned on lol... sigh... I was like "GREAT!!!"

[darkshadow7]

I rear-ended someone yesterday. It sucked.

[Alby]

it was weird for me too today. was driving like any other day, however today when making a left turn, front right tire lost traction when accelerating.

[MR_BIGGS]

It is especially slipperly today I found to. People need to keep their distances.... Had a few close calls with people and lights turning red.

[ilvtofu]

Damn i was purposely revving up my new exhaust and couldn't get any spin, VG30 = gutless?

[SuperSlowSS]

am I the only one that like wet roads? traction control off for me

[J-Chow]

awd ftmfw!! no slippage :haha:

[?NR]

good. bodyshop business has been slow lately.

[skyxx]

^ I got a hammer that could lend a hand. It's a "Master Technician" Hammer. ;)

[Leopold Stotch]

I saw the aftermath of a lady in an EK civic who drove off the road and hit a tree on the eastbound Bridgeport exit.

[CanadaGoose]

Damn i was purposely revving up my new exhaust and couldn't get any spin, VG30 = gutless?

Probably just the driver

Most people can get 80hp shitboxes to spin in the rain lol

[!LittleDragon]

awd ftmfw!! no slippage :haha:

Overconfidence isn't good. This past snow storm had plenty of AWD's ditched, flipped, up a curb, in a house, etc.... these slick roads wouldn't be any different.

[racerman88]

ppl need to learn how to drive for the conditions

[Volvo-brickster]

i just power slid my pathfinder unintentionally

not really fun

[J-Chow]

Overconfidence isn't good. This past snow storm had plenty of AWD's ditched, flipped, up a curb, in a house, etc.... these slick roads wouldn't be any different.

hahah i know overconfidence ain't good, but I just HAD to say it ;)

I've had multiple cars either FF or RWD equipped with snowtires own me during the snow storm when I was only equipped with UHP all seasons. :rolleyes:

[slammer111]

I've never understood this "slippery road" phenomenon when it 1st starts raining that people speak of?

Sure there's a thin layer of oil on the roads, but does traction drop 75% or something as soon as it rains or something? Either that or I just don't drive my car very hard.

I never even notice it on my motorcycle. Road still feels the same.

[Supafly]

Sure there's a thin layer of oil on the roads, but does traction drop 75% or something as soon as it rains or something?

some people buy cheap tires that don't disperse rain water very well and add that to some oil slick, shitty driver and you have a combo for an accident.

Also people tend to run their tires down to near bald to save money...that also adds to problems...


I never even notice it on my motorcycle. Road still feels the same.

Motorbike tires, i believe are made of a more sticky compound...therefore stick a bit better than el-cheap 60 dollar michelin tires from crappy tire.

[fsy82]

Coming down nordel the oil and road debrie just piles up during the first day of rain. My car lost control doing 50!!!! Be careful.

[03aspec]

is this seriously new info to people? lol

[billboa]

wet roads=good times

[q0192837465]

man, I couldnt feel the road being any different. BMW handling FTW

[DC5-S]

yup after its been sunny for a couple of weeks then it starts to rain.. on the first day its very very slippery.. in my old ford escort i almost spun out making a left turn at an intersection.. but with my new car and the fk-452's rain isnt a problem

[you]

good to know that it's not my tires since i just got them...
thought they were somewhat defective first..

[elkayem]

My car has been understeering when I was coming out of highway ramps.

[falcon]

man, I couldnt feel the road being any different. BMW handling FTW

lol