Post by weebitty on May 10, 2010 11:13:48 GMT -5
I got this in a e-mail and don't know if it would work or not. But maybe if you are on the freeway you can try it. Any comments are appreciated
GOOD VISION IN A DOWNPOUR
How to achieve good vision while driving
during a heavy downpour.
We are not sure why it is so effective; just
try this method when it rains heavily. This method was told by a
Police friend who had experienced and confirmed it.
It is useful...even driving at night. Most
of the motorists would turn on HIGH or FASTEST SPEED of the wipers
during heavy downpour, yet the visibility in front of the windshield
is still bad.
In the event you face such a situation, just
try your SUN GLASSES (any model will do), and miracle! All of a
sudden, your visibility in front of your windshield is perfectly
clear, as if there is no rain.
Make sure you always have a pair of SUN
GLASSES in your car, as you are not only helping yourself to drive
safely with good vision, but also might save your friend's life by
passing along this idea.
Try it yourself and share it with your friend
and family! Amazing -- you still see the drops on the windshield, but
not the sheet of rain falling!
You can see where the rain bounces off the
road. It works to eliminate the "blindness" from passing semis
spraying you too. Or the "kickup" if you are following a semi or car
in the rain.
They ought to teach that little tip in
driver's training.. It really does work.
This warning is a good one!
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 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 USETHE 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.
NOTE: Some vehicles (like the Toyota Sienna
Limited XLE) will not allow you to set the cruise control when the
windshield wipers are on. 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.
GOOD VISION IN A DOWNPOUR
How to achieve good vision while driving
during a heavy downpour.
We are not sure why it is so effective; just
try this method when it rains heavily. This method was told by a
Police friend who had experienced and confirmed it.
It is useful...even driving at night. Most
of the motorists would turn on HIGH or FASTEST SPEED of the wipers
during heavy downpour, yet the visibility in front of the windshield
is still bad.
In the event you face such a situation, just
try your SUN GLASSES (any model will do), and miracle! All of a
sudden, your visibility in front of your windshield is perfectly
clear, as if there is no rain.
Make sure you always have a pair of SUN
GLASSES in your car, as you are not only helping yourself to drive
safely with good vision, but also might save your friend's life by
passing along this idea.
Try it yourself and share it with your friend
and family! Amazing -- you still see the drops on the windshield, but
not the sheet of rain falling!
You can see where the rain bounces off the
road. It works to eliminate the "blindness" from passing semis
spraying you too. Or the "kickup" if you are following a semi or car
in the rain.
They ought to teach that little tip in
driver's training.. It really does work.
This warning is a good one!
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 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 USETHE 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.
NOTE: Some vehicles (like the Toyota Sienna
Limited XLE) will not allow you to set the cruise control when the
windshield wipers are on. 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.