Cruise control in the rain.

If you're aquaplaning, you're riding on a sheet of water and the engine speeds up the tyres speed up thus the aquaplaning is maintained and you can travel quite a distance while aquaplaning. Imagine this on a bend. With most drivers I would imagine they wouldn't know the point they start aquaplaning and would tend to over-correct making things worse. Is cruise control really designed for UK motorways? On the M25, M6 and M3, which generally have heavy traffic, I'm generally pumping accelerator, brake, clutch too often for CC to be of any use. :cool:

Cobblers. I use CC as much of the time as I can, in all weathers excluding lying snow. Have done so for at least the last ten years and ~300,000 miles (so probably at least 100K using CC) and not once has it caused my car to 'take off like an airplane (aeroplane)'.


In fact, not once has it caused me in any way to feel unsafe or out of control.


CC is all about how you use it, and as already said, when it's in use you still need to concentrate in the same way as when it's not.

Does this not all depend where the speed sensor is? surely if the sensor is on the driven axle, it will think you are doing the required speed, and not try to accelerate?

Bollotom wrote: »

I'm generally pumping accelerator, brake, clutch too often for CC to be of any use. :cool:

I presume you're in the outside lane trying to go as quick as poss? In that sense you are right that standard (non radar assisted) CC is pointless, on a busy motorway i may just sit on inside lane matching lorry speed on cruise if im not in a rush.

On the broader point, in the owners manuals of all cars ive had with CC it says to not use it in heavy rain or icy conditions, as long as you are sensible and sensitive to road conditions im not sure it's something to get freaked out about...