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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THANKS!! 1|1|checked this out on snopes.com and it is listed as being true...|KellyJef|burke3536@yahoo.com|06:48:40|12/04/2008|
so it's a great warning for everyone.