Longview Hills @ Newport Oregon

John Spangler has a safety tip to pass on

....and he verified it was TRUE by checking Snopes.com before he emailed it to me and others. The tip is great and the fact John took the time to verify the story is fantastic. It shows an awarness of knowing the internet is a great place to spawn propaganda. It shows John to be a man who cares what he passes on and wants it to be meaningful and is willing to take the time to check it out. Thanks John RT

Check this story out at the below link on Snopes.com

CLICK HERE

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 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.
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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 highway patrol estimated her car was actually traveling through the air 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 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, w ho knew this (besides the patrolman), was a man who had had a similar accident, totaled his car and sustained severe injuries.