Central Meteorological Observatory: Rain and snow weather continues "online"
Figure 1: National precipitation forecast map (Source: Central Meteorological Observatory)
The Central Meteorological Observatory predicts that in the next few days, most of the southern part of the mainland will continue to have rainy and snowy weather; there will be light to moderate rain in eastern Jianghuai, central and eastern Jiangnan, and most of south China; the temperature in the central and eastern regions will drop again, and there will be a large-scale rain and snow weather process; and there will be small to moderate snow and local heavy snow in northern Xinjiang, most of northern China, and most of the northeast.
Continuous rain and snow weather will cause roads to be slippery, icy roads, low visibility, etc., adversely affect driving travel, easy to induce traffic accidents, in the face of the above special weather conditions, driving trips should pay special attention to these points:
On rainy and snowy days, the roads are slippery and the speed control is key
In rain and snow weather, the road is slippery and slippery, and the speed of the vehicle is too fast to occur if the tire slips, resulting in accidents such as out-of-control skidding.
▲Figure 2: The road surface is slippery on a rainy day, and two cars have slipped sideways.
Therefore, driving in rain and snow must slow down and slow down, and it should be done as follows:
√ Drive at a reduced speed. When the vehicle is driving on a watery and snowy road, the adhesion of the tire to the ground decreases, that is, the grip of the tire is weakened, which increases the difficulty of driving. Therefore, the driving speed is slower than usual to improve the handling of the vehicle, and when encountering turns and emergencies, there is enough reaction time for safe operation or braking.
√ Slow braking. The braking distance on wet and slippery roads is longer than on general dry roads, so when braking, the driver should brake slowly. If the vehicle is out of control and slipping during the braking process, the brakes should be released, the steering wheel should be turned slightly in the direction of the offset, and then the brakes should be lightly stepped on after the direction of the body was corrected, and then the brakes should be slowly braked.
Visibility is low, and "seeing" and "being seen" are safe
Low visibility on rain and snow days, coupled with the obstruction of rain and snow, the driver's vision will become blurred, which brings great hidden dangers to safe driving.
Figure 3: The snow is dark and the visibility is low.
Therefore, the driver should do these points well:
√ open the wiper in time, and adjust the wiper speed according to the size of the rain and snow to keep the line of sight clear.
√ Correct use of headlights to improve visibility. Drivers should adjust the use of headlights according to the actual situation: according to the "Road Traffic Safety Law Implementation Regulations", when the visibility is less than 200 meters, turn on fog lights, low beam lights, indicator lights and front and rear position lights; when visibility is less than 100 meters, turn on fog lights, low beam lights, sign lights, front and rear position lights and hazard alarm flashing lights. The correct use of lights can not only allow drivers to see the road conditions by themselves, but also improve the recognition of vehicles and let the surrounding vehicles see themselves.
Maintain a safe distance from the vehicle to reduce parallelism and overtaking
√ Driving on rainy and snowy days, it is difficult to control the vehicle itself, in order to ensure safe driving, driving should be minimized in parallel, overtaking, especially do not overtake in the corner;
√ If you have to overtake, keep a good lateral distance from other vehicles to prevent accidents.
Figure 4: Overtaking accidents on rainy days
▲ Figure 5: On the ice and snow road, the white car loses control and collides with the opposite car when overtaking.
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