

| Subject: | Re: Fwd: Raining-no cruise control |
| From: | John Rodgers |
| Date: | Sun, 16 Feb 2003 00:20:03 -0600 |
Always drive according to the conditions. No one should be traveling hell-bent-for-election wwith the cruise control engaged during a driving ranstorm. Even pilots turn off the AutoPilot when the weather conditions demand! John Rodgers 88 GL Driver David Brodbeck wrote: >On Fri, 14 Feb 2003, Max Wellhouse wrote: > > > >>>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? >>> >>> > >It can and does happen. Happened to a friend of my dad's. He had cruise >control on, and hit a deep water puddle in the freeway. As the water >slowed the car, the cruise control fed in more throttle, setting him up >for a nasty spin-out. > >Cruise control should only be used on dry, flat roads, in good weather, >when there's little or no traffic. > > >
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