Guest guest Posted January 21, 2006 Report Share Posted January 21, 2006 > This is not a joke but a safety warning....Do not delete before you read & > forward it to your friends. > > >> 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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