Film Glass Selection Affects Driving Safety During The Rainy Season

 www.informationautomotive.com -Driving when it rains requires high concentration. Especially in Indonesia which has heavy rainfall, visibility is very influential on driving safety especially to concentrate on seeing wet and slippery road conditions. Once the driver loses concentration, an accident can occur.

"Entering the rainy season, especially in big cities, there are usually many accidents. Whether it was a single accident or due to a collision with another vehicle. Slippery roads, damaged roads plus poor visibility from inside the cabin, must be considered in addition to technical conditions in the vehicle. Therefore we must prepare the best driving conditions in our vehicles before driving in the rainy season," said Vice President of PT VKOOL Indo Lestari, Linda Widjaja in her statement, Thursday (05/11/2021).

Film Glass Selection Affects Driving Safety During The Rainy Season

V-Kool shares tips on how to safely drive when it rains. Check out the following steps:

1. Make sure the air pressure on the tires is as recommended by the manufacturer

As the most important part of the car because it comes into contact with asphalt, make sure the car tires are in normal circumstances including air pressure. This is important to avoid unstable cars when driven and make the vehicle slip. Pressure references are usually found on the driver's door pillar. If the tire is thin, it should be replaced. This results in reduced grip and minimal water disposal that will also easily occur aquaplannig (tires do not tread when going through wet roads). 

2. Check the condition of all car lights

Car lights when it rains become a medium to detect objects in front of us, while clarifying the view of the rider. The safe way to drive a car when it rains is to make sure the condition of all car lights is functioning properly. Lights that need to be checked are large lights (head lamps) close and far away, sign lights (signs) and emergency lights. All the lights have their own function when it rains.

The parts that must be checked are lamp protectors, whether in a clean condition of dust and dirt or not because it can reduce their effectiveness. Then check the direction of the lights, such as the headlight to be clearer in looking around and others looking at your vehicle. Do not let the headlight used even interfere with the vision of other riders. When it rains, other riders and you experience the same distractions.

3. Keep the vehicle distance further than when the weather is normal

When the rain conditions, in addition to slippery, concentration is disturbed, also visibility becomes limited. Especially if you happen to drive a car at night, or indeed during the day but heavy rain makes the atmosphere dark. So this condition makes the driver must also be more careful in driving.

Keeping the vehicle's distance above normal distance becomes one of the right actions during driving when it rains. Let the car in front stay away with a distance of about 6 seconds from the car, or until it is beyond your visibility.

4. Avoid driving on the edge of the road

In the rainy season, the streets are usually easily porous and damaged. While the structure of the road is usually also not always the same, the more to the edge the more uneven and easily damaged. How to anticipate road conditions like this is to avoid driving on the side of the roadside. The roadside is lower than the middle of the road. When hit by rainwater and wet road conditions, often there is a puddle especially if the rain is heavy.

To avoid standing water, choose the middle of the road because in this section is usually drier or not too deep in the puddle. Too take the roadside when crossing the road in wet conditions also has the potential to make your vehicle slip or mired off the road, especially if the road limiting mark is not too clearly visible.

5. Do not let the view be obstructed

The safe way to drive when it rains is to pay attention not to your eyes blocked. The way that can be done is to clean the car glass on the front and the rear glass of various dirt that sticks.

Don't forget to clean the glass film on the inside. Although installed on the inside, often the film glass is touched by the hand, so the film glass becomes greasy. The business of taking care of the glass film is not a difficult matter. Just clean it regularly.

This method also does not require special liquids because if using a special liquid it has the potential to damage the glass film, considering it usually contains certain chemicals. It is best to clean it using plain water. If there is a stain, it can be washed with water and then wiped until clean and dry. The selection of the right lap is also noteworthy, because you should use a soft and clean cloth that has not been used to clean the body parts of other cars.

In addition, use high-tech glass film with a clear display, on V-Kool product lines such as VK70. This model has the highest visible light forwarding compared to other film glass so that the driver can enjoy a free view and good visibility during the day or night.

"It is very important to pay attention to visibility, because if visibility is not good, then automatically make driving alertness will be reduced. The selection of glass film is very important. If it is too dark, the view will be disturbed or blurry. Make sure the glass film is also good quality, so that the clarity of the view produced is not reduced, "said Linda.

Linda suggests choosing a quality glass film, with a darkness level of no more than 40 percent for the windshield. Because the use of window film with darkness above 40 percent can reduce the view, especially if it is at night and or in the rain.

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