have a read of this

[fishman]

>>>>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
>>>>and 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 policeman 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.

[Morton]

Isn't the commodore speed sensor on the rear wheels anyway? How would lifting the front of the car cause you to suddenly speed up?

Oh, and well formatted by the way

[1vngal]

where else is this posted? It's in the general section too.....

[immortality]

possibly sounds like a little bit of fiction to me

[VSO.38]

I have used cruise control in wet weather and never had any probs, I was always concerned that something like that could happen as my car loves to spin the rears in the wet. I think I will take this into consideration next time im on the motorway and its raining (even tho thats not very likely anytime soon)

[Not_An_Abba_Fan]

What a crock of ****. When the car loses traction the cruise will keep the rear wheels at a constant speed, not speed them up.

Sounds like another 'lead in lipstick' chain email to me.

[angelo.vs]

repost... Old post happened in the US

[VSO.38]

Thats wat I thought too, but once while I was goin up a hill in the wet I did get a slight bit of wheel spin as it changed down gear while the cruise control was on. it did correct itself almost straight away but it did give me a slight fright.

[Doctor Bob]

utter garbage, the cruise gets its signal from the transmission speed sensor, if the tyres loose contact with the road it wont speed up willit?

this story has been around for ages.

Rob

[Shortstuff]

It sounds a bit far fetched to me. As posted by not_an_abba_fan, the cruise control should reduce throttle as the wheels start to spin in order to keep them turning at a constant speed.

[fishman]

yeah i thought it was a load of something

[vy_storm]

Just the one thread thanks.

have a read of this