In Pa. we have been noticing an increase in slippery road surfaces at intersections when it rains. It is not the normal wet roads that you would expect but conditions that you would expect in the winter with freezing ice . There was recently a community reporting crashes at an intersection from cars sliding through the stop signs and into the middle of the intersection causing accidents . I have had several close calls trying to get stopped on my Harley in one local town when it is raining. I slid almost thirty feet and had to maneuver around the back of a car to avoid an accident. Someone with less experience would have been a severe accident. In Pa. they spray a chemical down in the winter before the snow comes and I think that it is building up on the road surface that stays during the summer and creates this problem. If they use this chemical spray in your area , be careful especially at intersections when it rains. Has anyone experienced this in your area?

 

Ive seen this done in washington state but over here in VA i have yet to see it done.

 

They spray that **** everywhere here. Haven't seen a problem though. I'll keep an eye out.

 

i went on a 200 mile ride sunday, and up in NY state and northern NJ i constantly felt like i was slipping in places, idk whether i need new tires or if it was from this

 

in NC they spray some white stuff down as well for the winter. Its not slippery though.. But they have been doing something even worse here lately, the strip the road groove it then this is the good part. They then spray tar down and spread out gravel over the tar. And thats it just loose gravel and tar, they don't even try and press it in at all. I **** you not, its supposed to save money. So far a few have cracked windshields, chipped cars. Another cool part to this process is they love to start it on a curve. So just a heads up if your planning any riding on the NC back roads be careful.

 

We had a road like that. (tar then gravel). I avoided it like the plague. Weeks later, it settled in to a good road, but still...

 

I have been letting my Son ride my bike this summer in order to teach him how to ride on the streets. I put him on a dirt bike when he was 12. This may also be part and partial to problems at intersections too. In the summer cars sit at a light and drip their AC condensate as they sit there. Cars also sit there and drip their oil and tranny fluids with cars that have leaks. This is also and more true with the big rigs that sit there and leak. That causes slippery conditions at the intersections especially when it rains and creates a very slippery film at all the intersections. The rain lifts all those fluids to a film and if it's not a hard rain it doesn't wash it away leaving an ice like film on the road.

 

They spray that crap in SD as well. The rain we normally get in the spring and summer months is usually enough to wash it away but this year has been so dry that we still have intersections like that.. Ride safe & be careful guys!!

 

I am aware of what you are saying about fluids on the road , especially in the center of the lanes , thats why with over forty years of experience riding I always stay off of the center of the lanes , but this is on any part of the lane , thats why I suspect it to be the winter spray treatment building up on the roads. I would like to know what they put in that stuff and how it reacts on wet pavement.

 

They do that chip seal resurfacing here in MI too, it's unnerving to ride on it the first time but if its been down a while it'll hold you pretty good. I wouldn't go laying knee on it but its stable, a lot of the roads in northern part are that way and they are the fun roads.