[Auto Tech]

You may have seen this before as an e-mail forward. What do you think
of it?
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This is DANGEROUS....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 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.