Originally Posted by Sayjac
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…... It's not a perfect video and we weren't there, so me saying it MIGHT HAVE BEEN a freak accident seem more likely than you saying it was definitely user error. No one should be so certain when it comes to things like this.....
This much is certain, in addition to the video the OP said he was going 70mph as he left road. Everyone can see how hard it was raining when he lost control and the vehicle left the road. Safe to infer that the speed was too fast for the conditions shown. And speed is a major factor in hydroplaning incidents. Further, the OP says he never liked the tires, so 70 mph in a downpour with them at the least, poor judgement. As noted by others, thankfully no one injured including any other innocent driver. Could have been far worse.
I do appreciate the OP posting the yt as it shows just what hydroplaning can do. When I think of what might have been, I prefer to think if driving even ~10 mph less perhaps the incident avoided. In the end, a costly lesson but only in terms of dollars, not human life. That is the positive here.
Really good post here ^^^^^^^^
And a good number of other good posts in this thread as well. .
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…... It's not a perfect video and we weren't there, so me saying it MIGHT HAVE BEEN a freak accident seem more likely than you saying it was definitely user error. No one should be so certain when it comes to things like this.....
This much is certain, in addition to the video the OP said he was going 70mph as he left road. Everyone can see how hard it was raining when he lost control and the vehicle left the road. Safe to infer that the speed was too fast for the conditions shown. And speed is a major factor in hydroplaning incidents. Further, the OP says he never liked the tires, so 70 mph in a downpour with them at the least, poor judgement. As noted by others, thankfully no one injured including any other innocent driver. Could have been far worse.
I do appreciate the OP posting the yt as it shows just what hydroplaning can do. When I think of what might have been, I prefer to think if driving even ~10 mph less perhaps the incident avoided. In the end, a costly lesson but only in terms of dollars, not human life. That is the positive here.
Really good post here ^^^^^^^^
And a good number of other good posts in this thread as well. .