This email originated in USA 10+ years ago. I suppose it may have been true. Back in those days in USA with cocrete roads, long life tyres, wallowy suspension, and basic mechanical cruise control, it probably causes this probem, especially in those awful RWD pickup 'trucks' with 90:10 weight distrubution. I can see how hitting standing water with the situations above could cause a sudden slowdown and then the cruise would downshift and give too much gas for the prevailing conditions, spin the wheels, reduce gas to compensate and spin out.
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