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The article mentions as a drawback of non-radar-based cruise control: "They also can't follow other vehicles quite as closely, with the following distance kick
by vba616 3y ago
The article mentions as a drawback of non-radar-based cruise control:
"They also can't follow other vehicles quite as closely, with the following distance kicked back from one car length to two, meaning that it is easier for other vehicles to sneak ahead of them in traffic."
I'm not sure exactly how to interpret this, but at highway speeds, like from 55-85 mph, Honda's adaptive cruise control allows the following distance to be set from roughly 100 to 300 feet.
An "average" car length seems to be about 15 feet, so that converts to 7-20 car lengths.
If Teslas really do allow following other cars at 1-2 car lengths at, say, 75 mph, that's a bit startling. I can't say I've seen one doing it though.
- kadoban 3y agoI assume they mean at low speeds, in stop and go traffic.
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- mgrund 3y agoThat’s not what the number means. From the manual: “Each setting corresponds to a time-based distance that represents how long it takes for Model 3, from its current location, to reach the location of the rear bumper of the vehicle ahead of you” I think it might have been in the past, at least I was told the same thing years ago. That said, it is actually an issue that it now keeps too much distance under some conditions on the lowest setting.
- vba616 3y agoTwo car lengths doesn't mean two car lengths? What is the conversion formula then?
- IncandescentGas 3y ago> meaning that it is easier for other vehicles to sneak ahead of them in traffic Changing lanes is "sneaking" now? Does somebody really think we need autonomous driving trained to block other cars from safely switching lanes?