hydroplaning

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>> sounds like c*** to me...weight per square inch is
>> contact patch divide by car weight...wider
>> tyres=bigger contact patch

> Bzzzztttttt.  All your doing is changing the size of the contact patch not
> making it bigger.  The size will remain the same.

Unless the wider tyres are inflated to lower pressures.

Wider tyres have other disadvantages - greater wind resistance and a
greater propensity to aquaplaning being the main two.

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