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Old 1st Mar 2006, 08:07
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Milt
 
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Stay a good margin above your acquaplaning speed.

This will be close to nine times the square root of the tyre pressure in psi with the answer in MPH.

For your car with 36 psi you will lose control on sheet water at about 54 MPH with the car completely supported on the water.
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