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This was sent to me by LuVonda today, I felt it needed posting here:
"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 hydro-plane 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 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 when your car
begins to hydro-plane and your tires lose
contact with the pavement, your car will
accelerate to a higher rate of speed
making you take off like an airplane.
She told the patrolman that was exactly
what had occurred.
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....
NOTE: Some vehicles (like the Toyota
Sienna Limited XLE) will not allow you
to set the cruise control when the
windshield wipers are on. "
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River City Associates
Decatur, Al. 35601
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