Steps

1. Keep both hands on the wheel at all times! Keep all distractions such as mobile phones or radio, and far      away from you.
2. Turn on your headlights. Many states in the U.S. require headlights when it rains, even in broad daylight.
3. Keep a minimum of five from the length of the vehicle in front of you. You never know what other drivers are going to do or what could happen to you! If it feels too close or too far a rule of thumb is 1 second of following distance by 10 miles per hour. Happens especially in bad weather.
4. Unit at or below the speed limit on the extent to which you are comfortable with and can see far enough ahead of you to make appropriate driving decisions.
5. Note that the maximum speed you can drive is directly related to their tires. Make sure you know what your state is in. radial tires have better traction than the old layers of polyester bias tires, but even they lose their ability to grip wet pavement and channel the water as the tread conducted.
6. Be aware of hydroplaning. This is where the vehicle is moving at the water surface and has no or very little contact with the ground. Your traction is reduced. To escape safely from a shift in the position allows the gas and steer straight or slightly in the direction you should go. Do not make sudden movements and keep calm.
7. Avoid flooded roads. Never drive through standing or flowing water on a road course unless they have no choice or you can follow someone else to judge water depth. Flooding in the engine of your car can cause the engine to stall, and deep water can float your car and take it off the road.
8. Turn on the windshield defroster, if you start to fog. Hot, muggy weather, air-conditioned air (which may not contain much moisture) usually clear the inside of the windshield is not faster than air conditioning.
9. Note that the brakes can be affected by water. Wet drum type brakes are particularly prone to reduction in power after driving through deep water.
10. Watch for potholes and puddles of splashing water to accumulate in the clogged drain pipes and lower areas of the sidewalk. Roads also develop “ruts” where the busiest routes, and may be able to position your vehicle while in your lane to avoid them.

Advice

* Keep the windscreen clean inside and out, so the visibility is as clear as conditions permit.
* Keep your eyes on the road at all times.
* Be aware of your surroundings.
* Keep calm.
* Drive with the utmost security and calm that you can.
* Try to clear lead slip in the parking lots to practice so you know what to expect.
* Change your windshield wipers when they begin to streak or appear to lose their effectiveness. Even in dry climates, where it is rarely used, since the sun’s ultraviolet rubber breaks down, so ever since they rarely assume that its use would not be carried out.
* In the blinding rain by the roadside, you may be tempted to turn on emergency lights, but its purpose is to alert other drivers to stop, and this can cause some confusion, so unless the situation becomes dangerous, you may wish to waive this. It is always preferable to pull on if visibility is reduced to the point that you can not see!

* Do not use the Cruise Control in the rain or snow! If your vehicle begins to skate while you’re using cruise control, your car’s computer could be said that the extra power is the transmission of your tires is not what the car at speed, so you keep the tires Spinning faster and faster. Most new vehicles are detected a discrepancy between the wheel and speed off the cruise control instead, but even this can cause an unexpected and sudden change in power and the application still worse.
* Do not try to accelerate, decelerate or change direction while sliding. Wait until you have stopped sliding to make corrections.
* If it is really hard and the rain can not see, no matter what the setting of the wipers are, pull over! You may end up in an accident if you are unable to see.
* Never stop on the road. Pull to the side if you must, but always try to make a parking lot.
* Note: Your tires are your only contact with the road car. Used tires greatly affects the handling, which includes acceleration, braking and turning, and in all conditions.