Roadster question, when caught in the rain
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I've done it once... Stopped under a bridge on the hard shoulder. Only takes 30 seconds... And would be pretty unlucky in that 30 seconds if you got nicked! And then get to have fun accelerating as fast as you can back up to 70!!
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Stopping on the hard shoulder for anything other than an emergency or breakdown is against the current road traffic laws, however you'd have a good case if stopped via a plea around visibility. The danger is of course, being in the car and smashed into by a lorry, so if you deal with it, slow down and take next exit.
From my days with a vert this isn't really a problem if you're at speed anyway right? The rain just breezes over you. It's when you go below about 40mph that the soaking begins!
From my days with a vert this isn't really a problem if you're at speed anyway right? The rain just breezes over you. It's when you go below about 40mph that the soaking begins!
As above - at speed, you don't get wet... Though on a motorway I'd take the next exit and put the hood up. It does depend how heavy the rain is though - when you go past shower into downpour I would pull over onto the hard shoulder unless there was a junction right ahead.
Happened to me on Der autobahn. Started pouring. I saw a poor bloke on the side putting up his manual hood 
. I pulled over as well and put the hood up. Nobody went to prison.
The rozzers in the UK must not have any compassion at all If the folks feel threatened by putting the hood up on the hard shoulder. The vision I have always had of the UK cops from the US point of view. I would have thought just the opposite.
Not to hijack the thread. But. I have a story about how cool the rural cops in the US can be. In 1978 My friend and I had just finished building a small block Corvette engine for his Camaro. So to try it out. We went to a shopping centers parking lot after it had closed. We then proceeded to do burnouts, Drifting, Cookies. Then a local cop shows up. Puts us in his car and asks what the hell were we doing. I very calmly and politely told him about our engine build. And how that giving it a go in a large empty parking lot was a much better alternative than doing the same on a public road. The cop sat there for about 30 seconds in silence. Then looked right at us and said. You know. That actually makes sense. Then sent us on our way after complementing us on building a 435HP Corvette engine in our spare time at a DIY auto shop. My friend still has that engine.
. I pulled over as well and put the hood up. Nobody went to prison.The rozzers in the UK must not have any compassion at all If the folks feel threatened by putting the hood up on the hard shoulder. The vision I have always had of the UK cops from the US point of view. I would have thought just the opposite.
Not to hijack the thread. But. I have a story about how cool the rural cops in the US can be. In 1978 My friend and I had just finished building a small block Corvette engine for his Camaro. So to try it out. We went to a shopping centers parking lot after it had closed. We then proceeded to do burnouts, Drifting, Cookies. Then a local cop shows up. Puts us in his car and asks what the hell were we doing. I very calmly and politely told him about our engine build. And how that giving it a go in a large empty parking lot was a much better alternative than doing the same on a public road. The cop sat there for about 30 seconds in silence. Then looked right at us and said. You know. That actually makes sense. Then sent us on our way after complementing us on building a 435HP Corvette engine in our spare time at a DIY auto shop. My friend still has that engine.
There was a similar thread sometime ok.
Iirc mythbusters did a slot on this and showed that with their merc they needed to go above 60 for you to stay dry.
However this does mean you'll need to outrun the rain or be able to pull to a sharp stop under something.
Iirc mythbusters did a slot on this and showed that with their merc they needed to go above 60 for you to stay dry.
However this does mean you'll need to outrun the rain or be able to pull to a sharp stop under something.
inkey$ said:Concentrate on the driving experience rather than concentrating on looking like Nicky Clarke?bigdog said:NeilP said:
But then what is one to do if the sun comes out.
:telloff: :telloff: :telloff:
As for all the peeps who say drive faster, yes you may well get less rain in the car by driving faster, but you still get wet none the less, it just takes longer
Had to stop on hard shoulder on way back from the National Meet last year. Craig3.0 and I stopped to raise the roof.
Was torrential rain - and spray from other cars was drowning us. So, in my view, it was ok to use the hard shoulder.... as it would have been dangerous to continue with the roof down
Was torrential rain - and spray from other cars was drowning us. So, in my view, it was ok to use the hard shoulder.... as it would have been dangerous to continue with the roof down
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Did this once not long after getting my 1st Z4. Left Exeter....sunny, so roof down. On the M5 it started to rain, so stopped on hard shoulder, roof up, drove off. Was very aware of my surroundings.
My replacement Z4 has the ability to operate the roof up to 20mpg (ish) so could possibly just slow down and do it....but surely doing 20mph on the motorway would be more hazardous? Could drive on the hard shoulder at 20, but would probably just stop.
My replacement Z4 has the ability to operate the roof up to 20mpg (ish) so could possibly just slow down and do it....but surely doing 20mph on the motorway would be more hazardous? Could drive on the hard shoulder at 20, but would probably just stop.