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Phyllis
Received this email today, checked it out on Urban Legend and it's true.
Subject: Driving tip that could save your life
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 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 WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ON WHEN IT'S WET OR ICY!
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 e 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.
