This one is NOT a hoax. One of my close friends was driving on the
ice in Michigan around New Year's day, and the same thing happened to
her. Her minivan went into the median and rolled. She was uninjured
because she had her seatbelt on, but the car was a total loss. The
police told her the same thing. How come no one publicizes this???
From: "Clay Blackwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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
hydroplaned - when your tires loose 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.
We all know you have little or no control over a car when it begins
to hydroplane. You are at the mercy of the Good Lord. 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
drivers 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 similiar 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.
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Tamara P Duvall
Lexington, Virginia, USA
Formerly of Warsaw, Poland
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