Traffic Accident Video - is it due to hydroplaning on lane marking's paint surface?
Traffic Accident Video - is it due to hydroplaning on lane marking's paint surface?
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For the accident in Youtube video link below, is the cause possibly due to hydroplaning on the lane marking's painted surface?
Link
Sequence of events seem to be (watch on PC browser and set Youtube playback speed, under settings, to 0.25):
At 0:04 of the video,
- the car signals to change from right lane to middle lane.
- left wheels go over painted lane marking
- car seems to swing strongly to left at that point
Could it be that cause is as below?
- there is hydroplaning over the painted surface of the lane marking as left wheels go over
- causing the left wheel to lose grip
- right wheel, having more grip, will cause the car to swing strongly to the left
Appreciate comments/opinions.





RE: Traffic Accident Video - is it due to hydroplaning on lane marking's paint surface?
RE: Traffic Accident Video - is it due to hydroplaning on lane marking's paint surface?
Dik
RE: Traffic Accident Video - is it due to hydroplaning on lane marking's paint surface?
The way I see it, the vehicle hits the breaks, turns too hard to the left, jerks the wheel back to the right, looses traction and it is all over with.
Even if the lane markings somehow caused the left front wheel to loose traction, the right front would still have traction. If the marker was the problem, as soon as the left wheel crossed the marker, it would have regained traction.
Looks to me like they were driving too fast for the conditions and following too close. When the car in front braked due to the curve, they reacted too forcefully and lost control. That motor cycle was one lucky dude/dudette.
Mike Lambert
RE: Traffic Accident Video - is it due to hydroplaning on lane marking's paint surface?
I think they braked, started to hydroplane, and then decided to switch lanes, further aggravating the hydroplane
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RE: Traffic Accident Video - is it due to hydroplaning on lane marking's paint surface?
I vote for bad driving.
RE: Traffic Accident Video - is it due to hydroplaning on lane marking's paint surface?
TTFN (ta ta for now)
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RE: Traffic Accident Video - is it due to hydroplaning on lane marking's paint surface?
I don't see a hint that the painted lines had anything to do with it.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA