10-07-2021, 02:03 PM
I have adaptive cruise control on my 2014 Caddy. I hate it in town because it brakes at too great a distance from vehicles ahead of me, especially those turning from a side street into my lane. It’ll brake pretty hard. Even worse is when a vehicle ahead of me turns onto a side road. Even a hint of the corner of that vehicle being in my lane causes unnecessary braking at a great distance. My adaptive CC doesn’t adapt enough for distance for urban driving. I like to use cruise control on city streets because then I can go 30 MPH (our urban speed limit) without worrying that I am going 3 MPH too fast or too slow.
Now if only the adaptive CC would stop my car when it comes up on stopped vehicles in my lane like at a traffic light or in a freeway traffic jam. But it only works if the vehicle ahead is ‘visible’ to my car and that vehicle is also moving just before it slows to a stop. But, it is 2014 tech.
Now if only the adaptive CC would stop my car when it comes up on stopped vehicles in my lane like at a traffic light or in a freeway traffic jam. But it only works if the vehicle ahead is ‘visible’ to my car and that vehicle is also moving just before it slows to a stop. But, it is 2014 tech.