Cruise control yes or no ?

[biggs682]

Are you a user or non user of cruise control ?

Use to look upon it as a gimmick , but as the years have passed I use it more often.

 

[Broadside]

User here, I like it. Especially for fuel economy as it stops over compensating on hills and accidentally accelerating even by 1-2mph. Also prevents inadvertent speed increases which can sometimes happen on long drives.

 

[Jenkins]

Normal cruise control yes, radar no.

 

[cosmicbike]

Less so in the UK as unless it's quiet then too much traffic. French autoroutes it's wonderful for.

 

[Eric Olthwaite]

You're either on the throttle, or on the brakes. Anything else is pointless, obvs. How does cruise control help with that?

 

[T4tomo]

You're either on the throttle, or on the brakes. Anything else is pointless, obvs. How does cruise control help with that?

err .....because maintaining a constant speed is more economical than accelerating and braking

yes I use it a lot, for the economy reasons and to make sure i don't inadvertently trip a speed camera, and for comfort on a long journey, means you can move you leg around a bit.

 

[PK99]

Less so in the UK as unless it's quiet then too much traffic. French autoroutes it's wonderful for.

Me Too!

Ideal for eating up 100'sof miles a day on Autoroutes, but total sh1te on UK motorways

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I've never had a car thats got cruise control

 

[ClichéGuevara]

err .....because maintaining a constant speed is more economical than accelerating and braking

yes I use it a lot, for the economy reasons and to make sure i don't inadvertently trip a speed camera, and for comfort on a long journey, means you can move you leg around a bit.

Only really true on a flat road. On roads with dips and climbs, manual is more economical, depending on the driver, obviously.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Are you a user or non user of cruise control ?

Use to look upon it as a gimmick , but as the years have passed I use it more often.

You need to add a poll! (I'm a yes)

 

[T4tomo]

Only really true on a flat road. On roads with dips and climbs, manual is more economical, depending on the driver, obviously.

true, I sometimes knock of an mph or two up a hill and add it back on down the other side for that reason

 

[battered]

Yes, except my current car lacks it. Very good for stress free licence preservation on our camera infested roads.

 

[byegad]

I use it all of the time, well 95% of the time. Our last few cars came with standard CC, the latest has Radar too. While you can select normal CC I use the radar on all trips. It will stop the car, not quite as smoothly as I do but close if the car in front stops. As has been said it's good for economy, and enables me to keep a close watch on hazards rather than the speedo, so preserving my licence, as well as making me safer in traffic, because I'm looking up 100% of the time.
A touch on some steering wheel buttons engages/disengages/adjusts the control, as does a touch on the brakes. Nothing to dislike in my book, after all it's not compulsory to use it.

 

[numbnuts]

I've never had a car thats got cruise control

Me neither and now I ain't got a car.

 

[flake99please]

There have been many late night motorway miles driven with cruise control enabled.