What is safer on a wet road?

Let‘s see if anyone can get this correct.With an explanation why.What is safer on a wet road? Like it just flat out monsooned outside, not the roads are soakedA Car, a SUV, a truck, a trike, a motorcycle (sportbike, normal cruiser, touring), or a Chopper.Which is safer to drive/ride on those wet streets?

Ok axodis, is this the result of your own understanding of mechanics and physics? Using your logic, the safest thing out there is an Amish buggy with 1 inch wide steel rimmed wheels. Now those puppies will cut through water like it isn't even there! Or to one up the bike, why not put narrow, steel, V shaped wheels on a bike? They would have hardly any surface to cause hydroplaning and surely traction wouldn't be a problemheck, look at railroad locomotives, they have steel wheels riding on steel rails. And they're putting 6,000 hp through 16 wheels with a contact area of 2 X 1/8 on each wheel. That's only 4 square inches, less than the contact patch of a bike's front tire. I say go for steel and as a side benefit, the sparks will be really cool!

The way I see it a four wheel drive would be the safest but since is not an option I will take a two wheel drive truck. I know you think a motorcycle but I can't believe a monsoon would be much different than driving in the snow as far as the roads being slippery. With the long wheelbase you will have more time to react, heck you can even play around abit if you like. Living in WI, I think I know a thing or two about slippery roads. I also raced ice bikes as a kid and can tell you without studded tires the bike cannot change direction for a crap. Wheelbase would be the number one deciding factor. The worst vehicle I have ever driven on slippery highways at highway speed in winter is my Jeep Wrangler, the wheelbase is just too short and the thing has too high of a center of gravity. I think the the best bike would be the cruiser provided it doesn't have a rigid tail. All that said I have never had a problem in the rain with my sportbikes over the year, I think you just need to have tires with thread left on them. In a monsoon there would be a whole lot of wind so you would get blown around more since the fairings act abit like a sail. I have never ridden in winds like that but I don't think I would want to.

Well, if you don't mind riding a tricycle in the rain, to wherever you need to go. the tricycle is the safest. It has narrow tires and a wide stability base. It runs the least risk of hydroplaning and will not lose traction and wipe-out during a turn like a motorcycle or chopper would. The order of most to least dangerous, I would say are- Truck- hydroplaning risk and poor weight balance SUV- hydroplaning risk and better weight balance Motorcycle- low hydroplaning risk but due to low friction from the road, will easily slide out during turns. Car- medium hydroplaning risk and good weight balance Tricycle- no hydroplaning risk and no risk of slideout. Also, safe depends highly on situation. If you are traveling in a straight line, and are skilled with a motorcycle, it will be the safest. You have control over the front and rear brakes independently, which allows you to use them most effectively. For any kind of turning though, a motorcycle would be too dangerous in the water. Plus rain is usually accompanied by wind, which may blow down branches and rocks, which are extremely hazardous to all 2 wheel transportation. Now if you want me to offroad after it's monsooned, I'll take a dirt bike anyday rather than trying to dig my way out after getting stuck in a 4x4.

Ok axodis, is this the result of your own understanding of mechanics and physics? Using your logic, the safest thing out there is an Amish buggy with 1 inch wide steel rimmed wheels. Now those puppies will cut through water like it isn't even there! Or to one up the bike, why not put narrow, steel, V shaped wheels on a bike? They would have hardly any surface to cause hydroplaning and surely traction wouldn't be a problemheck, look at railroad locomotives, they have steel wheels riding on steel rails. And they're putting 6,000 hp through 16 wheels with a contact area of 2 X 1/8 on each wheel. That's only 4 square inches, less than the contact patch of a bike's front tire. I say go for steel and as a side benefit, the sparks will be really cool!

The way I see it a four wheel drive would be the safest but since is not an option I will take a two wheel drive truck. I know you think a motorcycle but I can't believe a monsoon would be much different than driving in the snow as far as the roads being slippery. With the long wheelbase you will have more time to react, heck you can even play around abit if you like. Living in WI, I think I know a thing or two about slippery roads. I also raced ice bikes as a kid and can tell you without studded tires the bike cannot change direction for a crap. Wheelbase would be the number one deciding factor. The worst vehicle I have ever driven on slippery highways at highway speed in winter is my Jeep Wrangler, the wheelbase is just too short and the thing has too high of a center of gravity. I think the the best bike would be the cruiser provided it doesn't have a rigid tail. All that said I have never had a problem in the rain with my sportbikes over the year, I think you just need to have tires with thread left on them. In a monsoon there would be a whole lot of wind so you would get blown around more since the fairings act abit like a sail. I have never ridden in winds like that but I don't think I would want to.

Well, if you don't mind riding a tricycle in the rain, to wherever you need to go. the tricycle is the safest. It has narrow tires and a wide stability base. It runs the least risk of hydroplaning and will not lose traction and wipe-out during a turn like a motorcycle or chopper would. The order of most to least dangerous, I would say are- Truck- hydroplaning risk and poor weight balance SUV- hydroplaning risk and better weight balance Motorcycle- low hydroplaning risk but due to low friction from the road, will easily slide out during turns. Car- medium hydroplaning risk and good weight balance Tricycle- no hydroplaning risk and no risk of slideout. Also, safe depends highly on situation. If you are traveling in a straight line, and are skilled with a motorcycle, it will be the safest. You have control over the front and rear brakes independently, which allows you to use them most effectively. For any kind of turning though, a motorcycle would be too dangerous in the water. Plus rain is usually accompanied by wind, which may blow down branches and rocks, which are extremely hazardous to all 2 wheel transportation. Now if you want me to offroad after it's monsooned, I'll take a dirt bike anyday rather than trying to dig my way out after getting stuck in a 4x4.