Important driving knowledge.

NEVER KNEW THIS BEFORE...I wonder how many people know about this?
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A 36 year old female had an accident several weeks ago and totaled
her car. A resident of Oakville, Ontario she was traveling between
Oakville and Hamilton. 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 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 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.
NOTE: Some vehicles when the windshield wipers are on, you cannot
set the cruise control. The Toyota Sienna Limited XLE is one of them.