The best thing to do at a time like that is to try and calm down first.  It is not a very smart thing to be driving fast on wet roads anyway, unless you’re a F1 driver, in which case you have a regulated track and an entire team of people telling you to slow down if your tires can’t grip the road anymore.  Although I know there are many technological advances being made and wonderful things being done to infrastructure systems in australia and all over the world, I don’t think there’s any likelihood of something similar being chalked up for regular drivers.  But if they manage to develop a simple and easily manageable tool that reads your tire conditions and alerts you to it, then I think we might have that covered.

But for now, you should try and stick to the basics.

• Keep your speed down.  Drive slowly and carefully to prevent skids.
• When you want to brake, do it with a gentle touch on curves.
• Don’t slam the brakes like its motion picture driving school.  Just do it gently so that you don’t lock up the wheels because you might end up skidding still.
• And if you do skid, don’t panic because it will just make the situation worse. Stay calm, ease your foot off the accelerator pedal and steer the car carefully in the direction you want the front of the car to go.
• keeping your tires properly inflated and well balanced is also very important since this prevents aquaplaning.
• having your car skid on a thin film of water between tire and road is the worst since you cannot control the movement of the car and you might end up floating off the road altogether.
• Slow down when on wet roads, and as tempting as it is, stay away from puddles.
• Try to drive in the tire tracks left by the cars in front of you.
• Don’t stomp on the brakes or turnsuddenly. Ease off the gas pedal until the car slows down and you can feel the road again. If you need to brake, do it gently with light pumping actions.