Friday, January 29, 2010

GOOD VISION IN A DOWNPOUR

> How to achieve good vision while driving during a

> heavy

> downpour.

>

> We are not sure why it is so effective; just try

> this method when it rains heavily.

> This method was told by a Policefriend who had experienced

> and confirmed it.

>

> It is useful...even driving at

> night.

> Most of the motorists would turn on HIGH or FASTEST

> SPEED of the wipers during heavy downpour, yet the

> visibility in front of the

> windshield is still bad......

>

> In the event you face such a situation, just try your

> SUN GLASSES (any model will do), and

> miracle!

> All of a sudden, your visibility in front of

> your

> windshield is perfectly clear, as if there is no

> rain.

>

> Make sure you always have a pair of SUN

> GLASSES in your car, as you are not only helping

> yourself to drive safely with good

> vision, but also might save your friend's life

> by giving him this idea..

>

> Try it yourself and share it with your

> friends!??? Amazing, you still see

> the drops on the windshield, but not the sheet of

> rain falling.?

>

> You can see where the rain bounces off the road.?

> It works to eliminate the "blindness"

> from passing semi's spraying you too.?

>

> Or the "kickup" if you are following a semi

> or car in the rain.?

> They ought to teach that little tip in

> driver's training... It really

> does work.

>

> This warning is a good one!

> 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 USETHE 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 a

> similar accident, totaled

> his car and sustained severe

> injuries.

>

> NOTE: Some vehicles (like the Toyota Sienna Limited

> XLE) will not allow you to set the cruise control when

> the windshield wipers are on. 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 Jim E.

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