PLUS, the fact that you're hydroplaning means that your wheels don't have
any significant contact with the road. They're basically floating on
water. If you were able to "accelerate to a high rate of speed" then you
weren't hydroplaning to begin with. If perchance you were able to end the
hydroplaning effect and "accelerate" then you'd have a grip on the road
again, so you would be right back to driving on pavement, so it ought to
correct itself. You can't accelerate while hydroplaning unless someone's
pushing you or you've got sliding momentum.
That said, in weather bad enough to have risk of hydroplaning you'd be
foolish to be using cruise control anyway because you wouldn't be able to
adjust your speed quickly. If anything, I'd argue that you'd be more
likely to hydroplane with cruise control on because you wouldn't be able to
quickly decrease your speed and avoid it. But that's very different than
accelerating while hydroplaning, which is a bit of a contradiction (unless
of course the drive wheels were in contact and the non-drive were
hydroplaning, but that would still avoid the cruise-control scenario anyway).
- Tab
At 12:44 PM 2/1/03, Rick Fisk wrote:
>Maybe I'm wrong (it's happened before <g>), but this doesn't make any sense
>at all and sounds like another urban myth.
>
>The cruise control uses the speed of the wheels (drivetrain) to determine
>the speed of the car. If the car hydroplanes the cruise system would not
>"know" this and would maintain the same engine speed - not speed up. If
>anything the car would probably slow down a little since the drive wheels
>are not in contact with the road.
>
>Rick
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