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> To anyone about to reply that cruise control never phantom brakes for them, it will. Just keep using it. I have to think these people are just fans with deli
by rootusrootus 4y ago
> To anyone about to reply that cruise control never phantom brakes for them, it will. Just keep using it.
I have to think these people are just fans with deliberate blinders. It doesn't take much time at all to get a phantom braking incident. You can minimize by only using TACC in light traffic with a lead car, but there will still be moments it sees something that looks too much like a car coming at you and it'll stab the brakes. In my experience, it happens probably every 100-200 miles of freeway driving. I'm getting pretty good at predicting in advance what scene in front of the car is likely to freak out the car. And I drive with my foot resting on the accelerator ready to counteract the braking as quickly as possible.
I'd really like the option to disable TACC and have a regular cruise control. We know the software supports that, because non-AP cars have it. Just make it available to all of us.
- steveBK123 4y agoI was definitely seeing PB incidents closer to every 50-100mi, than 100-200mi.. but yes they are frequent enough in some road conditions its hard to believe people have never seen one. Further - I think it promotes bad tradeoffs that reduce safety. Like you, I sometimes ended up cruising with my foot over the accelerator to protect from being rear ended due to PB. This is exactly the opposite of driver instruction and what is logically safer. If we had to choose where to rest a foot in anticipation, the brake is the better place to be.