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From: cheryl
To: Amy Waldron ; audrey jolley ; tariq ali ; julie ray ; sue and judy ;
Tameron Oliver ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; Hengstler, Christyna
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Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 4:22 PM
Subject: [cool-cat-lovers] Thought this was worth sending
I realize that a lot of you are blind and don't drive. but you are passengers.
most people know about this, but some don't. pass it on.
cheryl
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 10:03:53 -0800 (PST)
Thought this was worth sending
out.
NEVER KNEW THIS BEFORE.
I wonder how many people know about this?
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 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 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 highway patrol estimated her car was actually
traveling through the air at 10 to 15 miles per hour
faster than the speed set on the cruise control.
The patrolman said this warning should be listed,
on the driver's seat sun-v! isor - 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
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