>>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
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>>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 hydro-plane
>>"When your tires lose
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>>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.
>> The patrolman said this warning should be listed, on the driver's
>>seat
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>>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.
>> 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.
>> NOTE: Some vehicles when the windshield wipers are on, you can
>>not set the cruise control. The Toyota Sienna Limited XLE is one
>>of them.
>>& 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 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 hydro-plane
>>"When your tires 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
>>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.
>> 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.
>> NOTE: Some vehicles when the windshield wipers are on, you can
>>not set the cruise control. The Toyota Sienna Limited XLE is one
>>of them.
