My sister sent me this email
She works in insurance and passed it on to me as a safety precaution
NEVER KNEW THIS BEFORE
I wonder how many people know about this?
A 36-year-old female had an accident several weeks ago and totalled her
car. A resident of Wollongong , NSW, she was travelling between
Wollongong and Sydney . 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 policeman 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 policeman told
her that if the cruise control is on and your car begins to hydroplane -
when your tyres lose contact with the pavement, your car will accelerate
to a higher rate of speed and you take off like an
airplane. She told the policeman that was exactly what had occurred.
The policeman estimated her car was actually travelling through the air
at 10 to 15 kms per hour faster than the speed set on the cruise
control. The policeman said this warning should be listed, on the
drivers seat sun-visor -
NEVER USE THE CRUISE CONTROL WHEN THE ROAD 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 dont tell them to use the cruise control only
when the road is dry.
The only person the accident victim found who knew this (besides the
policeman), was a man who had had a similar accident, totalled his car
I hope by reading this
You might save a life.
KK
She works in insurance and passed it on to me as a safety precaution
NEVER KNEW THIS BEFORE
I wonder how many people know about this?
A 36-year-old female had an accident several weeks ago and totalled her
car. A resident of Wollongong , NSW, she was travelling between
Wollongong and Sydney . 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 policeman 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 policeman told
her that if the cruise control is on and your car begins to hydroplane -
when your tyres lose contact with the pavement, your car will accelerate
to a higher rate of speed and you take off like an
airplane. She told the policeman that was exactly what had occurred.
The policeman estimated her car was actually travelling through the air
at 10 to 15 kms per hour faster than the speed set on the cruise
control. The policeman said this warning should be listed, on the
drivers seat sun-visor -
NEVER USE THE CRUISE CONTROL WHEN THE ROAD 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 dont tell them to use the cruise control only
when the road is dry.
The only person the accident victim found who knew this (besides the
policeman), was a man who had had a similar accident, totalled his car
I hope by reading this
You might save a life.
KK


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