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. 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 per son 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.