I did not know this, but I never use cruise control, if you do please read.
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 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 hydro-plane - 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 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 when the windshield wipers are on, you can not set the
cruise control. Like the Toyota Sienna
Limited XLE is one of them.
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 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 hydro-plane - 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 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 when the windshield wipers are on, you can not set the
cruise control. Like the Toyota Sienna
Limited XLE is one of them.
