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I would love if all cars had a cruise speed mode where I could say, I want the top speed to be 60, and it never goes faster. The difference here is that I woul

• smt88 8y ago
  > I want the top speed to be 60, and it never goes faster My (otherwise terrible) 2006 Honda Civic Hybrid did this. It would brake (thereby recharging its battery and improving mileage) whenever the speed went above the cruise-control setting -- usually due to hills, not due to over-zealous automated acceleration. I suspect most electric and hybrid cars do the same today, but I have no data and have not googled it.
• user5994461 8y ago
  It's called a speed limiter, it's in series in many cars. Don't American cars have it?
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• ams6110 8y ago
  Just be sure you stay in the right-hand lane please.
• yeahboats 8y ago
  Isn't this what cruise control is? Or do you want this to be a hidden limit, say for one's kids' cars?
  • jandrese 8y ago
    Cruise control won't hit the brakes if you are going downhill and exceed your set speed. I think he's looking for the latter. Setting it to 60 is probably too low though unless the OP only ever drives in the city. I'm hoping he's not one of those people who immediately shove their way over to the far left lane of the interstate and never move until they suddenly jump across three lanes of traffic at the last second to take their exit.
    • athenot 8y ago
      > Cruise control won't hit the brakes if you are going downhill and exceed your set speed. On an EV it will. Well, it uses the regenerative braking but I could clearly see the flow of regenerative energy going back to the battery while on cruise control and going down a hill. (This was on a Nissan LEAF.)
    • yeahboats 8y ago
      Oh, this makes more sense. I do agree that 60 is too low, there are definitely scenarios where you'd want to accelerate above 60 for passing situations.
    • vel0city 8y ago
      Recent cars I've owned with computer-controlled manual (or "manumatic") transmissions (Ford SelectShift/PowerShift, Hyundai Shiftronic, etc.) will change gears and do engine braking to keep it in the right speed. Even in my ancient Honda Accord, throttle control is usually enough to keep it within a few MPH of my chosen speed once going 60mph+ on most highways I tend to drive on.
    • Shorel 8y ago
      60 is just an example number. The point is that it should be configurable by the driver and easy to enable and disable. Like the parking lights.
• Someone1234 8y ago
  It is offered as "Teen Driver Mode" from multiple manufacturers. It has features like: - Maximum speed limiter - Maximum speed warning - Audio volume limit - No seat belt audio mute (i.e. if someone hasn't buckled up, the infotainment unit won't play audio) - Cannot disable safety features inc.: Stability Control, Traction Control, Daytime Running Lights, Forward Automatic Braking, etc
• unstatusthequo 8y ago
  What happens when accelerating above that is the only way to avoid a situation nearby? If braking will cause you to be in that bad situation, why not have another option available?
• acrooks 8y ago
  This is available on cars manufactured by Holden - I rented one a few weeks ago and it let me set a maximum speed on the cruise control. I actually found this to be far more intuitive than cruise control with a minimum speed, because I just kept my foot constantly depressed on the accelerator, and the car never went above the maximum. But when I needed to slow down slightly, e.g., for a car in front of me, I could lift off the pedal and let the car natually slow down. Conversely with minimum speed cruise control it always feels to me as if I'm zooming along and constantly need to disable it/etc.
  • Shorel 8y ago
    > because I just kept my foot constantly depressed on the accelerator, and the car never went above the maximum You got it, that's what I want.