Moon
03-11-2006, 08:54 AM
VERY GOOD DRIVING TIP!!! BE SURE TO READ ! ! ! Just a word for your
safety while driving. NEVER KNEW THIS BEFORE.
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.
"Your cruise control does not know the difference in road surface types,"
explains South Dakota Highway Patrol Trooper Mike Bock on his agency's
Website. "This makes having it activated dangerous, because it will not
allow you to slow down during a skid and you will continually accelerate.
This does not allow you, the driver, to regain control of the vehicle"
The experts agree: If the highway is wet or icy, turn off your cruise
control, otherwise you're putting your own and others' lives in danger.
safety while driving. NEVER KNEW THIS BEFORE.
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.
"Your cruise control does not know the difference in road surface types,"
explains South Dakota Highway Patrol Trooper Mike Bock on his agency's
Website. "This makes having it activated dangerous, because it will not
allow you to slow down during a skid and you will continually accelerate.
This does not allow you, the driver, to regain control of the vehicle"
The experts agree: If the highway is wet or icy, turn off your cruise
control, otherwise you're putting your own and others' lives in danger.