Agree - LBC's with cruise control are not a natural fit.
I had an aqua planing event some years ago with an automatic Merc with
cruise control switched on.
The computer immediately switched the cruise control off and I was instantly
back under control -
Cheers,
Hans
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bullwinkle" <yd3@nvc.net>
To: "mgs" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 6:15 PM
Subject: For those LBC owners who have cruise controls
> I'll probably be chastised again for something that's non
> LBC, but this is opinion free.
>
> Subject: DRIVING IN THE RAIN............
>
> An individual had a wreck a couple of weeks ago and totaled
> their Lincoln Town Car. She hydroplaned on Hwy 135 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. Perform random acts of kindness every
> day.
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