JerArdra
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I wonder about this. Do you folks think it's true or a internet hoax?
JerryF
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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 a 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.
In fact, the highway patrolman told her, if the cruise control is on and your car begins to hydroplane (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.
INOTE: For this reason, some vehicles do not permit you to set the cruise control when
the windshield wipers are on. The Toyota Sienna Limited XL E is one of them.
I wonder about this. Do you folks think it's true or a internet hoax?
JerryF
________________________________
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 a 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.
In fact, the highway patrolman told her, if the cruise control is on and your car begins to hydroplane (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.
INOTE: For this reason, some vehicles do not permit you to set the cruise control when
the windshield wipers are on. The Toyota Sienna Limited XL E is one of them.