NEVER KNEW THIS BEFORE...

           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.

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