Cruise control in the rain.

BeenThroughItAll

iltisman wrote: »

A cruise control that allows a setting of .5mph would be useful near the Dartford crossing.

That'll be an automatic, then.

AdrianC

forgotmyname wrote: »

AQUAPLANE.... When did they start calling it hydroplane?

It's American...

DUTR

gilbert_and_sullivan wrote: »

The problem with cruise is that it gives full power to regain any speed lost, or detected,
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If topdaddy had written that , it wouldn't have surprised me, however, CC does not add full power at every opportunity, perhaps in the CC days of the 70s and 80s, but the drive by wire deals, add gentle acceleration where required (and yes I have tried resuming to 60 or 70mph from a low speed ) .

Broadwood

I've never yet owned a car with cruise control though I have driven a couple that had it without any scares though never in very bad weather that I can recall.

However, I drive articulated trucks for a living and all our current fleet are automatics with cruise control and ASB and ABS etc. Artics are inherently dangerous at the best of times due to their weight and high centre of gravity and will tip over without much warning if you try changing direction at too high a speed for the severity of the corner especially if any cross-wind is added into the mix. Even worse if you're pulling a double-deck trailer.

Cruise control is great for the motorways where trucks trundle along for hours at 56 mph leaving a reasonable gap to the vehicle in front, but I now rarely use it on any other roads due to a few scares previously. Touching the brake pedal will cancel the cruise control, but using the exhaust brake lever only temporarily pauses the cc, and if you then knock the exhaust brake off again, the cc kicks back in, and if you happen to be rounding a bend at the time and the roads are wet it can result in trouble either risking tipping over or jack-knifing. Trucks would be safer all round if steering more than a minimal amount or using the exhaust brake automatically cancelled cc in the same way as touching the brakes does. There is a cancel button but you have to remember to press it either before or while using the exhaust brake.

Driverless cars are scary enough to imagine on our crowded roads, but driverless trucks would be lethal !

harveybobbles

RichardD1970 wrote: »

NEVER DRIVE IN THE RAIN WITH YOUR CRUISE CONTROL ON..

Is this common knowledge that has somehow bypassed me or not?

Common sense, you'd hope.

topdaddy_2

DUTR wrote: »

If topdaddy had written that , it wouldn't have surprised me, however, CC does not add full power at every opportunity, perhaps in the CC days of the 70s and 80s, but the drive by wire deals, add gentle acceleration where required (and yes I have tried resuming to 60 or 70mph from a low speed ) .

Im pretty sure it dont work that way, none of the vehicles Ive had did. My old v8 at full chat to regain a couple of mph for a hill/ head wind etc would be interesting. But i didnt use it much.But thanks for thinking of me, nice to know i got under yer skin. Now about these cars that loose traction and accelerate, they do interest me.

Cornucopia

There ought to be a term for these bits of American folklore than come over here, and no longer work in a UK context, but some people believe them because they are written in English.

Iceweasel

What we need is a detector gauge of some sort - perhaps like this one:

Cornucopia

Yankeeburble.

DUTR

topdaddy wrote: »

Im pretty sure it dont work that way, none of the vehicles Ive had did. My old v8 at full chat to regain a couple of mph for a hill/ head wind etc would be interesting. But i didnt use it much.But thanks for thinking of me, nice to know i got under yer skin. Now about these cars that loose traction and accelerate, they do interest me.

I'm pretty sure modern cars do, both my recent cars with CC do not add full throttle when resuming CC. It's not even as if it is a scenario where people can read and guess, many can try it themselves.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F949Lms4Uvg