DRIVING WARNING
Bill Norris' story.
I had a wreck a couple of weeks ago and totaled our Lincoln Town Car.
I hydroplaned on Hwy 135 between Gladewater & Kilgore, Texas. 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 airbags. 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!
-- Jimmy D. Moore - Author,Outdoor Writer,TOWA, TF&G,VP-GRTU Owner/Webmaster - Worldwide Flyfishing Info. http://www.BIGTROUTMAN.homestead.com/MainPage.html
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