Nov 05, 2004; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Driving in wet conditions causes more accidents on highways. Hydraplaning and aquaplaning are common problems which lead to deaths on the road. Rainy weather influences road deaths in a far more complicated way than previously thought. Rain does not increase the n

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• Date taken: 5 November 2004
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Nov 05, 2004; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Driving in wet conditions causes more accidents on highways. Hydraplaning and aquaplaning are common problems which lead to deaths on the road. Rainy weather influences road deaths in a far more complicated way than previously thought. Rain does not increase the number of deaths in crashes, provided it rained the previous day. But a heavy shower after a dry spell causes a lethal surge in accidents. Source: Daniel Eisenberg of the University of California, Berkeley.