Guest guest Posted September 14, 2007 Report Share Posted September 14, 2007 At 09:25 AM 9/14/07, you wrote: very interesting! and verified by Snopes. 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 ex cessively, when her car suddenly began to hydro-plane 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 hydro-plane 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 air bag 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. NOTE: Some vehicles (like the Toyota Sienna Limited XLE) will not allow you to set the cruise control when the windshield wipers are on. http://www.snopes.com/autos/techno/wetroadasp TRUE - it is dangerous. Never drive on wet roads, rain, snow or ice with cruise control on. --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.859 / Virus Database: 585 - Release 2/14/05 ****** Kraig and Shirley Carroll ... in the woods of SE Kentucky http://www.thehavens.com/ thehavens 606-376-3363 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.859 / Virus Database: 585 - Release 2/14/05 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 14, 2007 Report Share Posted September 14, 2007 I've heard this before and I have tried to think it out. When I've been busted by the cops for speeding, and actually thought that I had not been, I take the car down and check it out electronically to see if my speedometer is running correctly. They put the car on/between two cylinders. The car gets revved to see if the speedometer matches what their calculation is. So, the spinning of the wheels is actually what causes your speedometer to read a certain speed. This is what doesn't fit with this story line, if I am thinking about it correctly. If hydroplaning, your spinning wheels, without traction, would read at higher speeds on speedometer and the cruise control mechanism, without causing an actual increase in speed. That in turn would cause the governing action of the cruise control to cut down on the gas expended, and, thus slow the car. Where it would be unsafe is that your own reaction time to let off of the gas might actually be quicker than the cruise control because you can feel the car start to hyrdoplane before the machine reads it, cuts down on gas supply, and the car slows down. So, the end advice is still correct, don't use the cruise control in slippery conditions. That is when you need to pay the most attention and not relax because the car is in cruise control. - The Havens graffis-l ; stopthepoisons ; w_o_w ; Health and Healing- ; alternacare Friday, September 14, 2007 9:42 AM Re: Fwd: Cruise control in rain At 09:25 AM 9/14/07, you wrote: very interesting! and verified by Snopes. 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 ex cessively, when her car suddenly began to hydro-plane 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 hydro-plane 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 air bag 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. NOTE: Some vehicles (like the Toyota Sienna Limited XLE) will not allow you to set the cruise control when the windshield wipers are on. http://www.snopes.com/autos/techno/wetroadasp TRUE - it is dangerous. Never drive on wet roads, rain, snow or ice with cruise control on. ---Incoming mail is certified Virus Free.Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).Version: 6.0.859 / Virus Database: 585 - Release 2/14/05 ****** Kraig and Shirley Carroll ... in the woods of SE Kentucky http://www.thehavens.com/ thehavens (AT) highland (DOT) net 606-376-3363 ---Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).Version: 6.0.859 / Virus Database: 585 - Release 2/14/05 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 14, 2007 Report Share Posted September 14, 2007 Check it out on snopes Jane - Ed Siceloff Saturday, September 15, 2007 2:58 AM Re: Re: Fwd: Cruise control in rain I've heard this before and I have tried to think it out. When I've been busted by the cops for speeding, and actually thought that I had not been, I take the car down and check it out electronically to see if my speedometer is running correctly. They put the car on/between two cylinders. The car gets revved to see if the speedometer matches what their calculation is. So, the spinning of the wheels is actually what causes your speedometer to read a certain speed. This is what doesn't fit with this story line, if I am thinking about it correctly. If hydroplaning, your spinning wheels, without traction, would read at higher speeds on speedometer and the cruise control mechanism, without causing an actual increase in speed. That in turn would cause the governing action of the cruise control to cut down on the gas expended, and, thus slow the car. Where it would be unsafe is that your own reaction time to let off of the gas might actually be quicker than the cruise control because you can feel the car start to hyrdoplane before the machine reads it, cuts down on gas supply, and the car slows down. So, the end advice is still correct, don't use the cruise control in slippery conditions. That is when you need to pay the most attention and not relax because the car is in cruise control. - The Havens graffis-l ; stopthepoisons ; w_o_w ; Health and Healing- ; alternacare Friday, September 14, 2007 9:42 AM Re: Fwd: Cruise control in rain At 09:25 AM 9/14/07, you wrote: very interesting! and verified by Snopes. 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 ex cessively, when her car suddenly began to hydro-plane 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 hydro-plane 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 air bag 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. NOTE: Some vehicles (like the Toyota Sienna Limited XLE) will not allow you to set the cruise control when the windshield wipers are on. http://www.snopes.com/autos/techno/wetroadasp TRUE - it is dangerous. Never drive on wet roads, rain, snow or ice with cruise control on. ---Incoming mail is certified Virus Free.Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).Version: 6.0.859 / Virus Database: 585 - Release 2/14/05 ****** Kraig and Shirley Carroll ... in the woods of SE Kentucky http://www.thehavens.com/ thehavens (AT) highland (DOT) net 606-376-3363 ---Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).Version: 6.0.859 / Virus Database: 585 - Release 2/14/05 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.