Cruse Control and interesting information that can save your life

[Jon]

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Jon" wrote:
>
> NEVER KNEW THIS BEFORE.
> I wonder how many people know about this?
>
> A 36 year old female had an accident several weeks
> ago and totaled her car.
>
> A resident of Kilgore, Texas, she was traveling
> between Gladewater & Kilgore. It was raining, though
> not excessively, when her car suddenly began to
> hydroplane and literally flew through the air. She
> was not seriously injured but very stunned at the
> sudden occurrence!
>
> When she explained to the highway patrolman what
> had happened he told her something that every driver
> should know - NEVER DRIVE IN THE RAIN WITH
> YOUR CRUISE CONTROL ON. She had thought she
> was being cautious by setting the cruise control and
> maintaining a safe consistent speed in the rain.
>
> But the highway patrolman told her that if the
> cruise control is on and your car begins to hydroplane --
> when your tires lose contact with the pavement, your
> car will accelerate to a higher rate of speed and you
> take off like an airplane. She told the patrolman that
> was exactly what had occurred.
>
> The highway patrol estimated her car was actually
> traveling through the air at 10 to 15 miles per hour
> faster than the speed set on the cruise control.
>
> The patrolman said this warning should be listed,
> on the driver's seat sun-visor - NEVER USE THE
> CRUISE CONTROL WHEN THE PAVEMENT
> IS WET OR ICY, along with the airbag warning. We tell
> our teenagers to set the cruise control and drive a safe
> speed - but we don't tell them to use the cruise control
> only when the pavement is dry.
>
> The only person the accident victim found, who
>
> knew this (besides the patrolman), was a man who had
>
> had a similar accident, totaled his car and sustained
>
> severe injuries.
>
> If you send this to 15 people and only one of them
>
> doesn't know about this, then it was all worth it. You
>
> might have saved a life."


I ran this on another internet site and this is one of the answers I
got back-Very interesting for non believers:I found out the hard way
when I was working on the road in the late 80's. I was following a
flatbed, and when it went around the curve, my steering wheel no
longer worked.... I ended up in the ditch with a sore head and $3K
worth of damage to the company car..... I aquaplaned.... and had the
cruise on at the time....

Allan


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