[Healeys] Driving in the Rain

[pennell at cox.net]

Dave,

And the thought occured to me that if you are on the wet or ice how are you going to get such rapid acceleration without having plenty of time to react???  I have never seen or heard of this.  Let's just say I am skeptical . . . . . . 

Keith Pennell

> Not trying to start an argument. The original description indicated
> that if the drive wheels lose traction, the car will try to accelerate.
> 
> All of the speed controls that I know of attempt to maintain a set
> road speed indirectly via driveshaft or wheel rpm. If a loss of
> traction caused an increase of wheel speed, the speed control would
> decrease wheel speed to the original intended setting. It would NOT
> cause any increase above the original set wheel speed, thus NO
> acceleration. However, it would NOT decrease wheel speed either, which
> might complicate the problem, since reducing wheel speed would likely
> regain  traction & control. The basic recommendation is good.
> 
> A minor point, but wild acceleration would not be one of the problems.
> 
> Dave Russell