Whats worse: driving in the rain or in the snow?

logicalgal

When you drive during periods of heavy rain, water can build up under your tires due to your excessive speed combined with the condition of the treadwear on your tires, and you are actually driving on top of the water. To alleviate this, simply coming off the accelerator will bring your tires back down to the ground. You shouldn't brake and should keep your steering straight, looking where you want to go.

When you drive during periods of snowfall, the road surface is probably frozen and therefore the snow is likely to stay on the surface and not melt. You have to take into consideration the temperature outside to determine the condition of the road surface. You also have to take into consideration whether or not the sun is shining on the road to melt the surface of the road and thus dry it out. When you drive through areas where it is shady, you can expect black ice due to the lack of sun on the road, and therefore a cooler temperature.
Newer vehicles have an outside temperature gauge on the dash which really comes in handy for Winter road conditions.
As far as snow goes, during Winter months, the warmer the temperature (around the freezing point), the more moisture is present in the snow which increases the "slippage" factor, somewhat like driving through a "slurpee"
When the temperature drops to lower temperatures, this moisture is frozen in the snow and there is more traction present.
The safety factor while driving during extremely wet or during snow covered conditions depends on your ability to handle the vehicle you are driving, and make the necessary adjustments in speed, and steering.
I hope that helps.

michael_bouvier4664

snow depends if there is ice on the road and depends how bad it is snowing.Rain because you don't know if theres gouing to be black ice on the road.

dreynolds699

snow will always be worse then rain

Mich

the snow is worse, it's harder to see...

Sha T

the rain! because sometimes the windshield wipers don't do a good job. Because the rain is coming to fast and hard.
And sometimes the rain is so strong you can't see even if the windshield wipers are doing a good job. Not to mention the street is slick, and wet tires slide. At least in the snow there is salt down on the ground or sand depending in what area you are from and people do slow down more in the snow. But people think they can still drive like there are in a race when it rains.

sketchyB

in terms of traction concerns, snow/ice is unquestionably worse.

However, the problem is mostly psychological. In snow, most people realize it is going to be very slick and adjust their driving accordingly (slow down, leave more space, being more careful, etc.) In rain, people don't recognize the dangers as much and often don't change their driving habits as much (or at all). Then all of a sudden when they come across a bad situation the conditions make it worse.

titojw

in the rain.
i say, cause like were i live now, when it rains all traffic stops and u can see nothing n a lot of times the car in front of u dissappears... what has lead to some accidents...
but in the other hand..snow is fun!!! u clean the windshield, u can always stop and clean it if your wipers go bad time after time,and is the only type of weather that will allow u to travel 1 or 2 miles while pressing ur brakes to the floor and pulling your emergency brakes to the roof...saving gas and increasing your blood flow...healthy, fun and economical sunday drive...

lalalyns

snow for sure

The snow because sometimes it can be a total whiteout where you can see nothing at all, and when snow can fall, there might be ice on the road too

tandkalexander

Snow.

Laura S

I think the rain and I also think that answer by driving instructor is great :)

Ryan S

definitely snow.

Abhishek Sarkar

Nothing dangerous if you drive slow and as per condition of the road.Danger may come irrespective of road condition if you be careless.

UCANTCME

The snow is worse, sometimes you have no control at all............

How hard is it raining. I dive 6-7 months of the year in the snow but when it rains here you can not even see the front of your car. So I will have to go with the rain.

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