Uhm.... duh?

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 excessive, 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 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. We all know you have little or no control over a car when it begins to hydroplane. The highway patrol estimated her car was actually traveling at 10 to 15 miles per hour faster than the speed set on the cruise control. 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 similar accident, totaled his car and sustained severe injuries.

Isn't that just common sense not to use it?
People are stupid.

 

that is good advice. I never use cruise control but thats just me

 

It is good advice... but who wouldn't want complete control over their car when the conditions are less then desireable? Like I said.. seems like common sense to me not to use it.

 

see you look at people like most have common sense. I look at people and think every few have common sense. I think something like this is just par for the course for most people today. It really is a shame

 

who actually uses cruise control? :eh:

 

I like to give people the benifit of the doubt. :happysad: Ah well.

I do... on looooong trips when my knees start to hurt. (I have bad knees. )

edit: And when being trailed ba da fuzz. :rick:

 

I do. Lucky I have that 3-foot aluminum wing to prevent me from taking off.

 

lazy people who don't know how to keep their car at a constant speed

 

seriously...first we have automatic transmissions because people are too lazy to shift...now people are too lazy to make minute adjustments with their foot, so we have cruise control.
Not knocking you people that use it, I just think it's pretty funny.

 

After driving 6 hours straight, I like to use the cruise control...