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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