How to Drive in Windy Days —— Nine Points for Attention in Driving in Windy Days

How to Drive in Windy Days —— Nine Points for Attention in Driving in Windy Days

Winter is coming, and the wind is coming as scheduled. Windy days bring special problems to our daily driving and parking. Below, I will tell you something about driving in windy days, hoping to help you!

1, beware of the truck suddenly falling off the "roadblock"

European and American regulations require that trucks on the road must use sealed warehouses. Our domestic management of freight vehicles is not so strict, and a considerable number of trucks on the road are transported naked.

In windy weather, if the goods on the car are not tied tightly, they may suddenly be blown away by the wind.

If you drive behind the truck at this moment, you may not be able to deal with this roadblock falling from the sky in time. So please remember, cherish life and stay away from big goods.

Step 2 Stay away from construction sites

The construction site is a place with high risk factor, and the scaffolding used in the construction site has also become a safety hazard under the influence of strong wind, so you must stay away from it when parking.

Although there are no tall scaffolding in many construction sites in urban areas, the surrounding blue iron fences also have certain security risks. Unlike scaffolding, iron fences are usually "for a ride" and are more unstable in fixation. They are more likely to be blown down by strong winds.

Even if it will not cause fatal damage to the vehicle, it is inevitable that there will be obvious scars when the car paint is hit by these iron sheets.

Don't enjoy the cool under the big tree.

Don't follow the old adage that "you can enjoy the cool under a big tree" in windy weather. Every year, in windy weather in winter and spring, there will be a tragedy of trees reversing and smashing.

Compared with billboards, trees and telephone poles have higher visibility and stronger attack power. Trees and telephone poles are solid. If the trunk or telephone pole just hits the car, it will be almost paralyzed if it is not scrapped.

4. Don't wash the car with dirt.

After the windy weather, the vehicles will definitely not be clean, either with a thick layer of sand or covered with many fallen leaves. At this time, if you want to drive out, remember not to wipe the vehicle in a large area, especially the car cleaning tool like an oil duster. This kind of "dry cleaning" is basically to polish the surface of car paint with sand, which will form serious scratches.

In this case, I suggest you simply clean the window to ensure that you can see the road clearly, and drive to the car wash shop for professional and comprehensive cleaning at the first time.

5. Don't cover the car clothes.

In order to prevent the car from getting into the dust, someone said, "Then I'll put on my clothes!" As everyone knows, this is also a wrong practice. In windy weather, the car clothes will not only fail to protect the car, but will cause damage to the car paint.

Because in the strong wind, the car clothes will constantly beat the car body, even if there are soft substances inside the car clothes, repeated rubbing of the paint for a long time will cause harm.

And if there is already a lot of sand in the car body, then put on clothes, then the result may be even worse.

6. Watch out for crosswinds

When driving in a strong crosswind, the car body will feel swaying from side to side, and the higher the height of the car body, the more obvious this feeling is. Don't panic at this time, hold the steering wheel with both hands, turn off the throttle to slow down the car, or add a little force along the wind direction to ensure that the car is driving in the right lane.

At this time, it is forbidden to slam the direction and brake suddenly. Because when encountering strong crosswind, the adhesion of the left and right wheels of the vehicle is different, and excessive action is likely to cause dangerous situations such as slipping and tail flick.

In addition, if the wind is strong when driving at high speed, especially when you see the warning sign "Pay attention to crosswind", try to drive in the middle lane of the road and leave more safe space.

7. Remind pedestrians with lights and horns.

In windy days, pedestrians and bicycles encounter more difficulties than motor vehicles, so the strong must have the consciousness of protecting the weak.

When pedestrians and bicycles walk in the strong wind, other sounds around them are basically covered by the whistling wind, and they often wear hats, scarves and so on. , will block the line of sight. Therefore, there is basically no perception of cars coming from behind and from the side.

In windy weather, pedestrians and cyclists are bound to be much slower in hearing and vision than usual. Drivers must consider this situation, concentrate, pay close attention to the movements of pedestrians and keep driving at medium and low speeds.

In order to remind pedestrians, you can whistle in the rear to remind them, and you can also flash the high beam twice at night to avoid unnecessary accidents.

8. Reduce the speed and keep the distance.

When driving in strong wind, you should reduce the speed appropriately, hold the steering wheel tightly, correctly identify the wind direction, and prevent the driving route from deviating due to the wind. Because of the wind, the stability of the vehicle is reduced, which affects the normal observation and judgment of the driver. At this time, the braking and parking distance will increase relatively, so keep a safe distance. Especially when turning, it is necessary to reduce overtaking and advancing to prevent excessive centrifugal force.

9. Avoid parking beside outdoor billboards.

That's it. Drive and stop. In windy weather, the choice of parking location is not the same as in peacetime. The first thing to pay attention to is to try to avoid parking near billboards.

Although larger billboards can bring better publicity effect, they will also bring a larger windward side, which will inevitably be "top-heavy" when the wind comes.

If the wind resistance of the billboard exceeds the bearing limit of the bracket, the object under it will be very injured.

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