I had booked the M3W in with MMC for its first service. Because there was other work to do, they wanted it there at start of work on Thursday. This meant that the drive would be all in darkness. As I feared, and the forecaster had predicted, on leaving home the heavens opened and I was faced with 20 miles of heavy rain in pitch blackness. Due to the low level of the car, oncoming headlights seemed to be even more dazzling than normal. What with that, the busy time of day and rain on my glasses and screen, visibility was appalling and I was driving blind whenever a car came towards me. I was most relieved to get to the factory without colliding with anything!
Has anyone any recommendations as to how to deal with this sort of situation? Apart from avoiding it if absolutely possible. of course.
There's no real easy answer, but if I was faced with that journey, at that time of day and with that weather forecast, I'd have taken a full-face helmet with me, despite never really wanting to habitually drive in one. A FF helmet makes all the difference in the world, for those nasty wet night drives.
