PLEASE READ IT COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE
I wonder how many people know about this………………?
A 36-year-old female had an accident several
weeks ago and totally written off her car. A resident of Wollongong,
NSW, she was travelling between Wollongong & Sydney. It was raining,
though not speeding 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 WTH 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 tyres 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
travelling 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, totally written off his car and sustained severe injuries.
Anyone care to comment if this is true?
I wonder how many people know about this………………?
A 36-year-old female had an accident several
weeks ago and totally written off her car. A resident of Wollongong,
NSW, she was travelling between Wollongong & Sydney. It was raining,
though not speeding 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 WTH 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 tyres 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
travelling 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, totally written off his car and sustained severe injuries.
Anyone care to comment if this is true?
