Ridecamp: [RC] Fw: Driving in the rain...

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> Subject: Driving in the rain FYI
>
> I received this today from a friend, and wanted to pass it on.  I never
> thought
> about it before, but will now.
>
> I had a wreck a couple of weeks ago and totaled our Lincoln Town Car. I
> hydroplaned on Hwy 35 between Gladewater & Kilgore. I was not hurt, just
> emotionally rattled! I know the Lord was with me.
>
>
> I learned a lesson I'd like to pass on to you. You may know this already-
> but
> the highway patrolman told me that you should never drive in the rain with
> your
> cruise control on. He said if you did and hydroplaned (which I did) that
> when
> your tires were off the road your car would accelerate to a high rate of
> speed
> (which it did). You don't have much, if any control when you hydroplane,
but
> you
> are totally in the hands of God when the car accelerates. I took off like
I
> was
> in an airplane. I'm so thankful I made it through that ordeal. Please pass
> the
> word around about not using cruise control when the pavement is wet or
icy.
> The
> highway patrolman said this should be on the sun-visor with the warning
> about
> air-bags.
>
>
> The only person I've found out who knew this (besides the patrolman) was a
> man
> who had a similar accident and totaled his car. This has made me wonder if
> this
> is not why so many of our young people are dying in accidents.
>
>
>  Be careful out there!
>
>
>
>


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