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 Post subject: A Couple of Good Driving Tips
PostPosted: 04 Jun 2010, 11:23 
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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 giving him this idea..

Try it yourself and share it with your friends!??? 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 semi's 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. 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 Traffic Cop 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 Policeman 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 Policeman that was exactly what had occurred.

The Cop 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.

NOTE: Some vehicles (like the Toyota Sienna Limited XLE) will not allow you to set the cruise control when the windshield wipers are on.


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 Post subject: Re: A Couple of Good Driving Tips
PostPosted: 04 Jun 2010, 11:44 
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pa102aw wrote:
The Cop 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.

Well if she was driving on the pavement, I am surprise there was carnage. :wink:

Interesting advice though. Long known trick for fisherman to wear Polaroid sunglasses to see fish underwater, maybe the same effect in driving rain?

When I can afford a car with cruise control, I will keep that tip in mind, paw.


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