1995 Cadillac Seville Owner's Manual - Page 214

Hydroplaning Hydroplaning is dangerous. So much water can build up underyour tires that they can actually ride onthe water. This can happenif the roadis wet enough and you're going fast enough. When your vehicle is hydroplaning, it has littleor no contact with the road. Hydroplaning doesn't happen often.But it can if your tires haven't much tread orif the pressure in one or more low. It can happen if a lot of is water is standing on the road. If you can seereflections from trees, telephone poles, or othervehicles, and raindrops "dimple" the water's surface, there could be hydroplaning. Hydroplaning usually happens athigher speeds. There just isn't a hard and fast rule abouthydroplaning. The best advice isto slow downwhen it .is raining. . - Some Other Rainy Weather Tips Turn on your low-beam headlamps -- not justyour parking lamps -- to help make you more visible to others. Besides slowing down, allow some extra following distance. And be especially careful when you pass another vehicle. Allow yourself more clear room ahead, and prepared to be have your view restricted by road spray. Have good tires with proper tread depth. (See "Tires"in the Index.) . 4-23