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 EXCE S SIVELY, 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.
Thanks Win S.
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