MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING MY 2008 CHEVY COBALT ON RTE. 219 BETWEEN RIDGEWAYAND BRADFORD, PA ON SEPT. 11, 2009, WHEN SHE LOST CONTROL OF THE STEERING. IT WAS AROUND NOON AND LIGHTLY SPRINKLING. SHE WAS TRAVELING NORTH AT ABOUT 50 MILES PER HOUR. THERE WAS A TRUCK IN FRONT OF HER WHICH SHE CONSIDERED PASSING. SHE TURNED TO THE LEFT TO SEE IF SHE COULD PASS. SHE DECIDED NOT TO PASS AND TURNED RIGHT. THAT IS WHEN SHE LOST STEERING CONTROL. THE STEERING TOOK HER TOO FAR RIGHT AND INTO THE GUARDRAIL, THEN SHE BOUNCE OFF THE RAIL AND OVER TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE SHE HIT THE OPPOSITE GUARDRAIL. THE ROAD WAS FLAT AND STRAIGHT, NOT THE SIDE OF A MOUNTAIN. THE CAR THEN TOOK HER BACK TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE SHE STOPPED. THE CAR SUFFERED ABOUT $6000 DAMAGE. HAD THERE BEEN A CAR ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ROAD, SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN STRUCK HEAD ON. WE ASSUMED BECAUSE THE ROAD WAS SOMEWHAT WET, SHE MUST HAVE HYDROPLANED. WE WERE JUST RELIEVED SHE WASN'T KILLED OR INJURED. WHEN I READ THE ARTICLE IN THE PAPER ABOUT THE STEERING, I ASKED MY DAUGHTER TO DESCRIBE WHERE HAPPENED IN THE ACCIDENT. SHE SPOKE OF LOSING CONTROL OF THE STEERING, SO NOW I FEAR THE STEERING MAY BE FAULTY AND HER LIFE MY BE IN DANGER. *TR