Hillman imp and speed are two phrases that can never be associated
lol
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Sent: Friday, 5 May 2006 5:32 PM
To: 'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.'
Subject: RE: [Aus-soaring] FW: Safety issue in the car when
it'sraining-please read
this! [Switch Cruise Control OFF]
This does depend on the car being driven.
I have had cars that pick up speed in the following ways:
1. Gearbox
2. Diff
3. Front (non-driven wheel)
4. Front (driven wheel)
In the case of no. 3, it IS feasible that if cruise control was fitted
and
active, an aquaplaning front wheel would cause the speed to look like
it was
dropping and hence apply more power to the rear wheels, which in this
specific case was a rear engined car, so less likely to have the rear
wheels
aquaplane.
Ok, this couldn't have happened as this car never had a model with
cruise
control (Hillman Imp for those interested).
So it is theoretically possible, just very unlikely - I don't know of
any
car that has the right combination of factors to enable it!
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Bholanat
Sent: Friday, 5 May 2006 14:10
To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.
Subject: RE: [Aus-soaring] FW: Safety issue in the car when it's
raining-please read this! [Switch Cruise Control OFF]
have to agree...
this is inaccurate in so many ways.
Start with the fact that the speed sensor is connected to the
transmission
output (not the wheels).
That alone breaks down the whole argument about speeding up....
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Ruddock
Sent: Friday, 5 May 2006 1:29 PM
To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.
Subject: RE: [Aus-soaring] FW: Safety issue in the car when it's
raining
-please read this! [Switch Cruise Control OFF]
Typical of the nonsense that seems to propagate via the internet
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan Wilson
> Sent: Friday, 5 May 2006 1:32 PM
> To: Aus Soaring
> Subject: [Aus-soaring] FW: Safety issue in the car when it's raining
-please read
> this! [Switch Cruise Control OFF]
>
>
>
> NEVER KNEW THIS BEFORE ~ NEITHER DID I
>
>
>
>
> 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 & 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.
>
> [Actually I don't think that is the failure mode, the rear wheels
start
> spinning, cruise control sensors on the front wheels read a slow
speed
> and pours on the power, and the rear wheels spin even more]
>
> 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
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 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 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
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