: highway safety

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This might explain why we see so many cars in the ditch on I-75!

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 hydroplane 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

hydroplane -- when your tires loose 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. We all know you have

little or no control over a car when it begins to hydroplane. You are at the

mercy of the Good Lord.

The highway patrol estimated her car was actually traveling through the air

at 10 to 15 miles per hour faster than the speed set on the cruise control.

The patrolman said this warning should be listed, on the drivers seat

sun-visor

- NEVER USE THE CRUISE CONTROL WHEN THE PAVEMENT IS WET OR ICY, along with

the

airbag warning.

 

 

 

 

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