Originally Posted by Blu_Blur

Sorry to hear about your Z and the ticket but the law states that you should be under the posted speed limit if the conditions are bad. I never drive at 70 mph during the rain.

Originally Posted by kaizenro1

AAA, Gold member. Like $65 a year and first 100 miles of tow is free.

Originally Posted by y_b_lamron

I've seen cars lose control in the rain going much slower than 70 and a lot more damage was done.

I understand that the OP told us he was going 70 but IMO it was wrong for the cop to issue a ticket. He has NO idea how fast he was going.

Originally Posted by Motero

No, thats actually the reason why you crashed. The reason people crash once they start hydroplaning is because they either give it gas or press the brakes. With the CC on, the CC most likely gave it gas...

Originally Posted by Ianmtx

Well the title pretty much explains what happened, let me give you guys a little more specifics.

I'm traveling to South Padre on I-37 with my cruise control set to the speed limit, 70mph. It's raining and I'm in the left hand lane. All of the sudden, I hit this huge puddle of water and my rear end is sliding to the right, and my car is heading right for the median. Well at this point, I'm thinking to myself, "FUUUUUUUUUUCKKK!" I applied the brake a bit and kept the steering wheel facing forward. The only thing that was going through my mind was, "as soon as I start sliding over the ground, my car is going to start flipping and I'm toast." Here I am spinning around flying off the highway onto the median, and luckily for me it was so muddy that I was sliding instead of flipping.

I finally come to a stop in the middle of the median, with steam coming out from under my hood thanking God I'm not hurt. At this point the rain is coming down. I get out of the car, take a look around the car, and to my surprise, it doesn't really look damaged, except for the fact that the rear wheels are covered in grass and mud. So at this point, I'm calling the cops to let them know that I've gone off the road and that I'm okay, and they tell me that someone already called it in.

There must've been a lot of wrecks because about 3 different cops drove by, asked if I was okay, and then said they had to go to another wreck. Through all this, I'm just thinking, "All I need is a damn tow truck."

One of the local cops comes back, says a tow truck is on the way. I'm standing there talking with him and this guy's pretty cool. He tells me, "look, I don't know if you were speeding or not, and I'm not going to write you a ticket, but the state trooper over there probably will because they're usually dicks."

So like the local cop said, the cop begins to write me a ticket for reckless speed while giving me a lecture about how he's "seen a lot of these accidents and you were probably going 85 or 90." And in my mind I just want to say, "f*ck you, I was going the speed limit" but I don't say anything. He says, "even if the speed limit is 70, if you have to slow down to 45 to be safe then you have to slow down to 45." I'm thinking, "WTF it's not my fault the highway was improperly designed for drainage and has a huge *** puddle in it."

As if the ticket isn't bad enough, the damn tow truck charges me $180 to pull my car 20 feet in like 4 minutes. Needless to say, this spring break got off to a pretty damn bad start.


Here's some pics, sorry they're not very good, my buddy didn't want to run across the highway to get closer.




I slid about 200 feet. If I would've hit that puddle just one or two seconds later than I did, I would be wrapped around a nearby bridge support beam. I feel very lucky. When I got to the gas station I bought a lotto ticket, but I didn't win lol.




Right after I wrecked:




After I got pulled out by the Tow Truck:




My car covered in grass at a gas station: