1995 Chevrolet Blazer Owner's Manual - Page 180

1 Driving too fast throughlarge water puddlesor even going through some car washes can cause problems, too. The water may affect your brakes. Try to avoid puddles. Butif you can't, try to slow down before you hit them. Hydroplaning Hydroplaning is dangerous. So much water can build under your tires up that they can actually ride on water. This can happen if the road is wet the enough and you're going'fastenough. When your vehicle is hydroplaning, it has little or no contact with the road. Hydroplaning doesn't happen often. But itcan if your tires haven't much tread or if the pressure one or more is low. It can happena lot of water in if is standing on the road, If you can see reflections from trees, telephone poles, or other vehicles, and raindrops"dimple" the water's surface, there could be hydroplaning. Hydroplaning usually happens at higher speeds. just isn't a hard and There fast rule about hydroplaning. The best advice isto slow down whenit is raining. 4-26