[StBernard] PLEASE...PASS THIS ONE ON!!!!!!

Westley Annis Westley at da-parish.com
Thu Feb 5 21:56:46 EST 2009


WOW...I didn't know this!!!



Rena



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.

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.

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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