Have you seen this?

[Des]

Got emailed this yesterday, (sorry if it's a repost).
I think someone is telling 'kaa kaa'....
What do you think?

NEVER KNEW THIS BEFORE

I wonder how many people know about this?

A 36-year-old female had an accident several weeks ago and totalled her
car. A resident of Wollongong, NSW, she was travelling between
Wollongong & Sydney. It was raining, though not excessively, when her
car suddenly began to hydroplane and literally flew through the air.

She was not seriously injured but very stunned at the sudden occurrence!


When she explained to the policeman what had happened, he told her
something that every driver should know - NEVER DRIVE IN THE RAIN WITH
YOUR CRUISE CONTROL ON. She had thought she was being cautious by
setting the cruise control and maintaining a safe consistent speed in
the rain. But the policeman told her that if the cruise control is on
and your car begins to hydroplane -- when your tyres lose contact with
the pavement, your car will accelerate to a higher rate of speed and you
take off like an airplane. She told the policeman that was exactly what
had occurred.

The policeman estimated her car was actually travelling through the air
at 10 to 15 kms per hour faster than the speed set on the cruise
control. The poclieman said this warning should be listed, on the
driver's seat sun-visor - NEVER USE THE CRUISE CONTROL WHEN THE PAVEMENT
IS WET OR ICY, along with the airbag warning. We tell our teenagers to
set the cruise control and drive a safe speed - but we don't tell them
to use the cruise control only when the road is dry.

The only person the accident victim found, who knew this (besides the
policeman), was a man who had had a similar accident, totalled his car
and sustained severe injuries. If you send this to 15 people and only
one of them doesn't know about this, then it was all worth it. You might
have saved a life.