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Safety device blasts water away from car tyres as you drive to provide grip in wet weather

Published 01 October 2021
By Will Dron
A new device that blows water away from tyres on wet roads could prove the difference between life and death, according to the inventors.

Police dash cam captures scary aquaplane crash

Driving too fast on rain-drenched roads can be very dangerous, as this new dash cam footage of a car crash in Oklahoma all-too-clearly shows.
Published 24 April 2019

Video: Aquaplaning car has near miss on highway

A couple of Canadian motorists narrowly avoided a scary head-on crash, after a car aquaplaned at nearly 70mph on a sodden stretch of highway.
Published 21 July 2018