I wonder how many people know about this?

A 36 year old female had an accident several weeks ago and totaled her
car.

A resident of Kilgore, Texas, she was traveling between Gladewater &
Kilgore. 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 highway patrolman 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 highway patrolman told her that if the cruise control is on and
your car begins to hydroplane --when your tires lose contact with the
pavement, your car will accelerate to a higher rate of speed, and you
will take off like a airplane. She told the patrolman that was exactly
what had occurred.

The highway patrol estimated her car was actually traveling through the
air at 10 to 15 miles per hour faster than the speed set on the cruise
control.

The patrolman 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 pavement is dry.

The only person the accident victim found, who knew this (besides the
patrolman), was a man who had a similar accident, totaled 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 according to
the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia's web page of tips about
driving on wet roads:

The only way to stop this wheel-spin and maintain control is to
immediately reduce power. However, an activated cruise control system
will continue to apply power, keeping the wheels spinning. By the time
you disengage the cruise control, you may have lost control.