>Listees: This came from a friend at church. I've never heard of >this. Is lthis urban legend or could this "public service" message save >someon'e's life down the road? I'm not in the habit of forwarding stuff >just cuz the message tells me to send it to 20 more people, but this may >be legit. Anyone ever had this happen to them in their Vanagon?
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>cruise control!!!!!!!!!!!! > >An individual had a wreck a couple of weeks ago and totaled her >Lincoln Town Car. She hydroplaned on Hwy I35 between Gladewater & >Kilgore, >Texas. She was not hurt, just emotionally rattled! > > >She learned a lesson I'd like to pass on to you. You may know this >already--but the highway patrolman told her that you should NEVER >drive in the rain with your cruise control on. He said if you did and >hydroplaned (which she 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. She took off like she was in >an >airplane. She is so thankful she 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 she found out who knew this (besides the patrolman) >was a man who had a similar accident and totaled his car. This has >made her wonder if this is not why so many of our young people are >dying in accidents. > >Be careful out there! >If you send this to 15 people and only one of them doesn't know about >this, then it was all worth it. It might have saved his/her life. > |
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