{"id":871,"date":"2023-10-28T18:37:15","date_gmt":"2023-10-28T23:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primero-insurance.three.zysites.com\/blog\/driving-safely-in-rain\/"},"modified":"2024-02-01T08:25:14","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T14:25:14","slug":"driving-safely-in-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.primeroinstx.com\/es\/blog\/driving-safely-in-rain\/","title":{"rendered":"Driving Safely in Rain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #f2ffde; color: #676767;\">Safety tips for driving in rain include turning on your car\u2019s running lights. If the rain is heavy, turn on your low beams. This will increase the chances that you will be seen by other drivers, pedestrians, and cyclists.<\/span><br style=\"color: #676767;\" \/><br style=\"color: #676767;\" \/><span style=\"background-color: #f2ffde; color: #676767;\">During wet weather, road surfaces are most slippery immediately after the rain begins to fall. This is because the oil and grease on the wet pavement have not yet been washed away. Driving on a road covered with oil and water can be like driving on ice. You should turn off your cruise control, reduce your speed, use extra caution and allow twice the normal following distance.<\/span><br style=\"color: #676767;\" \/><br style=\"color: #676767;\" \/><span style=\"background-color: #f2ffde; color: #676767;\">You can prevent skids by driving slowly, especially on curves.<\/span><br style=\"color: #676767;\" \/><br style=\"color: #676767;\" \/><span style=\"background-color: #f2ffde; color: #676767;\">Follow these additional safe driving tips when driving in rain:<\/span><br style=\"color: #676767;\" \/><br style=\"color: #676767;\" \/><span style=\"background-color: #f2ffde; color: #676767;\">* Steer and brake with a light touch.<\/span><br style=\"color: #676767;\" \/><span style=\"background-color: #f2ffde; color: #676767;\">When you need to stop or slow, do not brake hard or lock the wheels and risk a skid. Maintain mild pressure on the brake pedal<\/span><br style=\"color: #676767;\" \/><span style=\"background-color: #f2ffde; color: #676767;\">If you do find yourself in a skid:<\/span><br style=\"color: #676767;\" \/><br style=\"color: #676767;\" \/><span style=\"background-color: #f2ffde; color: #676767;\">* Remain calm,<\/span><br style=\"color: #676767;\" \/><span style=\"background-color: #f2ffde; color: #676767;\">* Ease your foot off the gas, apply the brakes, and<\/span><br style=\"color: #676767;\" \/><span style=\"background-color: #f2ffde; color: #676767;\">* Steer in the direction you want the front of the car to go. This is called \u201csteering into the skid\u201d.<\/span><br style=\"color: #676767;\" \/><br style=\"color: #676767;\" \/><span style=\"background-color: #f2ffde; color: #676767;\">Losing control of your car on wet pavement, also known as hydroplaning, is a frightening experience. Unfortunately, it can happen unless you take preventive measures.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Safety tips for driving in rain include turning on your car\u2019s running lights. If the rain is heavy, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":1434,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":null,"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_analytify_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.primeroinstx.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.primeroinstx.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.primeroinstx.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.primeroinstx.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.primeroinstx.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.primeroinstx.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.primeroinstx.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.primeroinstx.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.primeroinstx.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.primeroinstx.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}