• Baggins@piefed.social
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      4 months ago

      Was going to ask the same question - cruise control is for open roads like motorways. Not around town. No wonder they had issues with it.

      • Ricky Rigatoni@lemm.ee
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        4 months ago

        Cruise control is for when my foot needs a break. Especially when I’m speeding through school zones.

      • Venator@lemmy.nz
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        4 months ago

        It’s incredibly useful in stop and go traffic, and I’m often just too lazy to turn it off after the traffic ends, until it randomly brakes for a parked car 😅

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          4 months ago

          I mean, you should be slowing down at least a bit when passing someone pulled over on the side of the road anyways, no? Just like going through a construction zone. It really depends on how much braking we’re talking about.

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            4 months ago

            Yes, but that’s not regular.

            If traffic is flowing, you can’t just slow way down on the interstate for each broken or stopped car

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      4 months ago

      There’s often cars parked on the side of the road on highways in NZ… Its also incredibly useful in stop and go traffic and sometimes I’m too lazy to turn it off after the traffic ends, until it randomly brakes for a parked car 😅

    • Longpork3@lemmy.nz
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      4 months ago

      Because it reduces reaction time? If you set the cruise control and cover the brake with your foot then you have a faster braking response than if you have to switch pedals first.

    • Logi@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      Maybe you don’t. But ancestor post is suggesting to make it mandatory to avoid tail gating and then it had better work properly.