Secondly, wet leaves can obscure road markings and other important signals. When leaves accumulate on the road, they can cover lane lines, crosswalks, and other critical indicators.

Fallen leaves can create a waxy surface on roadways, especially where we haven’t seen a lot of rain lately, and also cause storm drains to get clogged, leading to elevated flooding risks.

Explaining how wet leaves can be as slippery as ice using 3D graphics! Let's use an example to show you just how much of a difference wet leaves can make when you have to come to a stop while driving.

However, if you are traveling on a wet road the stopping distance could increase to 160 feet. If we factor in the additional wet leaves, this could increase your stopping distance to nearly 250 feet.

Add on wet leaves during or after rainfall, there needs to be at least 250 feet of stopping distance. The stopping distance more than triples on a roadway with wet leaves, compared to a dry roadways.

Perhaps you or one of your readers knows the answer. For years I have driven with extra care when the road was covered with wet autumn leaves because they can make surfaces unexpectedly slippery ...

Wet leaves on roads in Middle Tennessee could cause car crashes One man described what he saw heard and saw after a crash over the weekend. The API failed to deliver the resource.

WEST VIRGINIA (WCHS) — With fall season past its peak, many leaves have come off the trees. Those downed leaves are a known fire hazard, but they can also lead to issues on wet roadways. Fallen ...