GOOD INFO ABOUT CRUISE CONTROL

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.

Jerry Szeszulski

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