Road rules / 🇳🇿 speed

How should rain and wet roads change your driving speed?

✓ ANSWER

Slow down, because stopping distances are much longer on wet roads

Wet roads reduce tyre grip and increase stopping distance, so you should reduce speed.

All the options

  1. ✓Slow down, because stopping distances are much longer on wet roads
  2. ✗Maintain the limit so traffic keeps flowing
  3. ✗Speed up slightly to reduce time spent in the rain
  4. ✗Only slow down if your vehicle has no ABS

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