Can a specific tyre prevent aquaplaning? We took a trip to a Slovenian ‘kick plate’ with Uniroyal to find out.
Aquaplaning. It's a terrifying experience: you're driving along, and suddenly your car feels like it's floating, the steering wheel light and unresponsive. This phenomenon occurs when a layer of water builds up between your tyres and the road surface, causing a loss of traction. It can strike without warning, turning a calm journey into a dangerous situation. But how can aquaplaning be stopped?
Well, we went to the AMZS Safe Driving Centre near the town of Vransko — not far from Ljubljana — to find out. However, it was not the ‘City of Dragons’ which took centre stage out on track, but some shark-marked tyres: the
Uniroyal RainSport 5.