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I have to do the drive from Portland to Seattle about once a month. ACC makes the drive so much more enjoyable. I can pretty much zone out until it is time to p
by brewdad 4y ago
I have to do the drive from Portland to Seattle about once a month. ACC makes the drive so much more enjoyable. I can pretty much zone out until it is time to pass someone. Then, depending on speed differences, I move over and pass without intervention or I press the throttle a bit to pass more quickly.
When I get to the inevitable slowdowns, my car just slows without me having to think much about it unless it’s a sudden one.
I also have a Golf with standard cruise and I can’t stand using it since most drivers around me can’t maintain a constant speed, so I am always adjusting it or canceling it.
- iainmerrick 4y agoI can pretty much zone out That seems bad!
- progman32 4y agoI've caught myself doing the same on occasion. I try not to do it anymore. If I may, I'd suggest to replace "zoning out" with "applying my freed mental bandwidth to monitor things that I would otherwise not have been able to pay attention to otherwise". IMO, driving aids should be used as emergency backstops and possibly a method of optimizing available attention. They are best avoided as an excuse to reduce overall attentiveness. For example, when ACC is on I can more reliably look a little farther ahead in traffic to preemptively react to developing risks, because I'm not micromanaging the throttle.