It's not *my* control, for one thing (would I be making lace if I *weren't* a control freak?)... It lulls me into thinking I don't have to pay attention...It makes me sleepy, because I am *not* paying attention... My miles-per-gallon, none that good to begin with (I drive an automatic; my single venture into driving a stick shift was an epic only Charlie Chaplin could do justice to <g>), droop (not a typo) even lower... I gave the feature a fair trial a couple of years back, and then forgot it.
But... Clay's re-subscription to chat, after her trip to Alaska, doesn't seem to have "taken" (she doesn't seem to be "exercised" enough about it to *do* anything about it -- like getting in touch with Avital -- so this is not a complaint <g>)... The principles of physics don't seem to be violated (not that I know beans about physics; I've been sworn to never divulge the name of my highschool teacher who'd let me out of there with a C-, instead of holding me up for the next decade <g>)... So... If any of you use cruise control on a regular basis, perhaps you might want to consider the following:
From: "Clay Blackwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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.�
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She was not seriously injured but very stunned at�the sudden�occurrence!�
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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 hydroplaned - when your�tires loose 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.�
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We all know you have little or no control over a car�when it�begins to hydroplane.�� You are at the mercy of the�Good Lord.�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.�
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The patrolman said this warning should be listed, on�the drivers�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�similiar accident,�totaled his car and sustained severe injuries.�
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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.
----- Tamara P Duvall Lexington, Virginia, USA Formerly of Warsaw, Poland http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd/
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