Anti-skid surfacing is of course aimed at reducing skidding by motorists in case they have to brake hard, especially in wet conditions. Needless to say, they shouldn't be going so fast as to have to brake so hard in the first place.
@Oliver Schick started
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Anti-skid surfacing is of course aimed at reducing skidding by motorists in case they have to brake hard, especially in wet conditions. Needless to say, they shouldn't be going so fast as to have to brake so hard in the first place.