wet weather visibility

always had this problem, but flagged up yet again this morning - 02 DII TD5 - moderate speed through puddles anything larger than a tea tray and the windscreen is deluged with a vast sheet of water that renders the road entirely invisible !

am i simply driving like too much of an arse, missing a mudflap (can't believe there's supposed to be one in front of the front wheels !) or what ? i've got the extended wheelarches fitted, but i'd have thought this would have reduced the problem rather than made it worse - is this just a known issue - seems very odd for a rufty tufty go anywhere 4 x 4 offroad type vehicle to be reduced to driving blind by a bit of surface water !

It's just the nature of any 4x4 with a good approach angle. I just read the road ahead, predict what will happen and turn the wipers on beforehand.

As said above, judge what you are approaching and turn wipers on before hand.

Flamin useful when you've run out of water in yer washers!

Detoured to the local ford this evening for exactly that reason!

The same thing used to happen to my old Trooper (RIP). I guess it's the increased clearance at the front allowing the bow-wave to break over the bonnet. If you dinna like it, slow down for puddles... :rofl:

Herman Hessian said:

moderate speed through puddles anything larger than a tea tray and the windscreen is deluged with a vast sheet of water that renders the road entirely invisible !

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Moderate speed is too fast for anything deeper than a couple od inches on a 4x4 with good approach angles, water just gets thrown forwards and upwards.

Only way to stop it is to either slow down appropriately or speed up a lot ... I'd suggest slowing down ...

I love puddles. Just can't stay away from em. The bigger the splash the better and if there's a pedestrian nearby.............

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