No cruise control in the rain?

Question

I was always told when learning to drive that you shouldn’t use cruise control when it’s raining. I never have but why can’t we?

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Answer 1

Almost got thrown off the road in winter due to rear wheels starting to spin on an icy uphill. Was using cruise control at the time. 2020 BMW with studded winter tyres. Traction control/stability control/cruise control just didn’t react quick enough (when the spin was noticeable it was already too late).

Thanks to stability control the spin stopped on the other lane and there was no other traffic.

I guess it’s the same idea – avoiding wheelspin due to cruise control on slippery surfaces.