I often reply to people stating that they want cruise control in their Vipers. Since I experienced CC full throttle on ice, going up a steep hill in winter while driving my gutless F150 4x4 pick-up I understand this information and what it means. For anyone that wants Cruise control in a fast car or lives where it might rain or snow ...
WERE YOU AWARE?
JUST A HEADS UP PEOPLE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PLEASE READ ESPECIALLY IF YOU OFTEN DRIVE LONG DISTANCES!!!!!!!!
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 hydro-plane 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 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 when your car begins to hydro-plane and your tires lose contact with the pavement, your car will accelerate to a higher rate of speed making you take off like an airplane.
She told the patrolman that was exactly what had occurred.
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 had a similar accident, totaled his car and sustained severe injuries.
NOTE: Some vehicles (like the Toyota Sienna Limited XLE) will not allow you to set the cruise control when the windshield wipers are on.
Insurance Corporation of BC.
Turn off the cruise control: Wet roads can cause wheels to spin and lose control. The only way to stop wheels from spinning and maintain control is to immediately reduce power. An activated cruise control system applies continuous power, keeping the wheels spinning. By the time you disengage the cruise control it may be too late you may have already lost control .
The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia is a provincial Crown corporation established in 1973 to provide universal auto insurance to B.C. motorists . "
Of course our DODGE engineers are smart enough that they could develop a computer controlled unit that would allow cc. That would necessitate Traction Control and electronic throttles as well as an increase in the price of purchasing all Vipers. Nah, don't need it.
Ted
WERE YOU AWARE?
JUST A HEADS UP PEOPLE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PLEASE READ ESPECIALLY IF YOU OFTEN DRIVE LONG DISTANCES!!!!!!!!
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 hydro-plane 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 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 when your car begins to hydro-plane and your tires lose contact with the pavement, your car will accelerate to a higher rate of speed making you take off like an airplane.
She told the patrolman that was exactly what had occurred.
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 had a similar accident, totaled his car and sustained severe injuries.
NOTE: Some vehicles (like the Toyota Sienna Limited XLE) will not allow you to set the cruise control when the windshield wipers are on.
Insurance Corporation of BC.
Turn off the cruise control: Wet roads can cause wheels to spin and lose control. The only way to stop wheels from spinning and maintain control is to immediately reduce power. An activated cruise control system applies continuous power, keeping the wheels spinning. By the time you disengage the cruise control it may be too late you may have already lost control .
The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia is a provincial Crown corporation established in 1973 to provide universal auto insurance to B.C. motorists . "
Of course our DODGE engineers are smart enough that they could develop a computer controlled unit that would allow cc. That would necessitate Traction Control and electronic throttles as well as an increase in the price of purchasing all Vipers. Nah, don't need it.
Ted
