1994 Oldsmobile Achieva Owner's Manual - Page 136

Your Driving and the Road It's wiseto keep your wiping equipment in good shape and keep your windshield washer tank filled. Replace your windshield wiperinserts when they show signs of streaking or missing areas on the windshield, or when strips of rubber start to separate from the inserts. Hydroplaning Hydroplaning is dangerous. So much water can build up under your tires that they can actually ride on the water. This can happen if the road is wet enough and you're goingfast enough. When your vehicleis hydroplaning, it has little or no contact with the road. Hydroplaning doesn't happen often. Driving too fast through large water But it can if your tires haven't much puddles or even goingthrough some car tread or if the pressure in oneor more is washes can cause problems, too. The low. It can happen if a lot of water is water may affect your brakes. Try to standing on theroad. If you can see avoid puddles. But you can't, try to if reflections fromtrees, telephone poles, slow down before youhit them. or other vehicles, and raindrops "dimple" the water's surface,there could be hydroplaning. Hydroplaning usuallyhappens at higher speeds. There just isn't ahard and fast rule about hydroplaning. The best advice is to slow downwhen it is raining. 134