Safe Driving in Raining


The rainy season that hit Indonesia is certainly not a barrier in your activity. Strong winds accompanied by heavy rain requires you to further increase awareness in driving.

Here are tips on driving during the rainy season to come:
1. Maintain speed according to conditions. Make sure you are driving at a speed to suit visibility conditions, the environment surrounding whether or not there is a puddle of water, as well as other field conditions.
2. Always use low rpm to maintain optimum traction wheel. If you are using cars with engines using gasoline, and keep the engine speed at 2500rpm rate. But if you use a car with a diesel engine, you have to keep the engine at a lower rate ie 1800 rpm. This is required so that your car does not run slidding.
3. Turn the lights on day time or a small lamp. Often motorists use hazards lights when raining. Hazards lights can interfere with the driver's view others. We recommend that you use the day time.
4. Note the braking distance. When the rainy conditions, the braking will require lane longer than when dry conditions. You must set the braking distance even further than usual.
5. Avoid high speeds on a thin puddle. As the car passes a thin puddles, tires can not grip the road well, then the car may experience aquaplaning or drift. As a result, your car will be unstable when driving.
6. Avoid puddles exceed one inch tall exhaust you! Standing water can lead to high your car breaks down and ruin your engine, you should not break through high standing water prior to flooding.

These tips are highly recommended to apply when you are driving in the wet season to avoid untoward incident. But if the strike or other negative events continue to occur, you should immediately call the insurance company cover your vehicle.

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