>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?

DM&FS

>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.
>