It鈥檚 just rain 鈥� how much impact can it really have on your driving?
The answer: a lot. You鈥檙e likely to experience lower visibility, reduced traction and increased difficulty in handling your car both during and after a rainstorm. Add flooding to the mix and suddenly things get much more challenging 鈥� and dangerous.
In fact, more than half of flood-related drownings are due to people driving into floodwaters, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. So, never, ever do it. As little as 12 inches of rushing water can carry away a small car, and 24 inches can carry away most any vehicle, according to the National Weather Service, which emphasizes 鈥淭urn Around, Don鈥檛 Drown鈥� when it comes to both walking and driving into floodwaters.
So, what about when the roads are wet but passable? From the rainy