Fw: Safe driving tip

[Hubert Liverman]

> FYI, if you didn't already know about this.
>
> An individual had a wreck a couple of weeks ago and totaled her 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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