[FARC] This might save a life!

[Howard W3CQH]

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 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 when 
your car begins to hydroplane and your tires lose contact with the pavement, 
your car will accelerate to a higher rate of speed making 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 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 (like the Toyota Sienna Limited XLE) will not allow you 
to set the cruise control when the windshield wipers are on.

WHY DON'T ALL VEHICLES HAVE THIS FEATURE????