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Following too closely is just how people drive, unfortunately. The main reason I almost always have adaptive cruise control on is so that it keeps me at a safe
by mlinhares 3y ago
Following too closely is just how people drive, unfortunately.
The main reason I almost always have adaptive cruise control on is so that it keeps me at a safe braking distance from cars in front of me but I've found that most people do not care.
Just yesterday there was a corolla that was following a school bus so closely i'm sure it could sniff the bus' ass. That driver was one hard brake away from being decapitated by the school bus bumper.
- bagels 3y agoI've used a few adaptive cruise controls that will not maintain a great enough following distance to come to a complete stop in the following distance (eg, in the case that the car in front of you swerves out of the lane revealing an obstacle).
- TylerE 3y agoDid that around here and you’ll have people swerving around you.
- seanmcdirmid 3y agoThe problem I have with adaptive cruise: if you set your gap too wide, usually the suggested gap, people keep swerving into it, so it makes for a very nauseating drive if you are somewhere with not enough traffic that you are moving slowly, but too much traffic that people don't have to change lanes.
- FeloniousHam 3y agoI've found that the adaptive cruise has made me an almost "egoless driver". It does keep a conservative distance, and aggressive drivers do fill in the gap, but I don't care as much when I'm not the one on the pedal. With the full map and destination time in front me, I don't feel the urge to game the system (or maybe I'm just getting old).
- fragmede 3y agoI'm sorry, but can't you just set it to medium or close distance if you're having problems with people jumping into your gap?
- seanmcdirmid 3y agoYa you can do that, but then it feels like dangerous. When it gets like that I usually just shut it off and control distance myself (and "cough" adjust it to dissuade swerving and then back off for safety).
- fragmede 3y agoah. my car doesn't have adaptive cruise control but I've rented cars that do. it took a bit to get used to medium and feel comfortable and not dangerous, but then people aren't cutting in.
- myself248 3y agoSounds like we need adaptive horn control for when people do that.
- mcmcmc 3y agoIn America? Get ready for more road rage shootings
- UnserMannInK 3y agoJust yesterday I was driving in the left lane with cruise control set to the maximum allowed velocity, with the maximum gap behind a car driving in front of me. Of course someone overtook me on the right (illegal in Germany) just to swerve in front of me and then drive at the same speed, just 20m further ahead. He ended up being first at the red lights. I’ll never understand it…
- ricardobeat 3y agoRegardless if you’re going the limit or not, it’s illegal to cruise on the leftmost lane when you ‘re not overtaking. They were rightly annoyed. It’s also a hefty fine if you’re caught doing this.
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- seanmcdirmid 3y agoIf you are traveling 80 in the left lane while the right lane is locked in at 60 (trucks who are limited to power speed limits), it is simply impossible to travel in the right lane. You are constantly overtaking vehicles, so it works out legally, but, yes, if someone wants to go 90, there is a conflict. Ideally, you wouldn’t cruise in the left lane because there would be room to cruise in the right lane, but higher traffic situations don’t really allow for it (well, not so high that you can’t go 80 in the left lane). This usually happens when you are approaching a city and are going to get a new lane or two pretty soon anyways.
- ricardobeat 3y agoIf there was room for someone to overtake on the right I don't think your scenario applies.
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- kwhitefoot 3y agoThis is not a problem, just chill out.
- macintux 3y agoI have to imagine the level of discomfort depends on the car. I've never ridden in a vehicle with adaptive cruise control, but if it responds quickly to someone jumping in line, that could go beyond annoying to motion sickness if it keeps happening.
- radlad 3y agoHaving owned a car with this feature, it's very uncomfortable when it suddenly and unexpectedly brakes hard to allow a car in. And it can be very confusing to the vehicle behind you.
- kwhitefoot 3y agoAh. I see. My 2015 Model S doesn't do that, it just gently increases the spacing until it is as it was.
- dizhn 3y agoFrom some motorcycling book I remember the right response to that is to slow down even more and maintain following distance with the new car in front of you. If we let ego go and can be home 2-5 minutes late on average all will be well.
- chefandy 3y agoI live in a cramped east coast city. If everyone around here followed the DMV guidelines for distance between cars, morning rush hour would probably be from 4am to 11am. Sure, the fact that everyone's driving in such a tiny little space is the problem, but the infrastructure here doesn't leave us much choice.
- unglaublich 3y agoThat's questionable. Flow should improve from increased spacing; it might even offset the density decrease.
- chefandy 3y agoEven if the length of the cars end-to-end is often greater than the length of craggy narrow street between tightly packed but unevenly placed intersections with anywhere from 3 to 8 entry points? Even when all of the 5 highways people are trying to enter and exit– all within the same mile– are all completely backed up? I'd have to see that to believe it.
- shkkmo 3y agoThose seems like situations where extra spacing will help accomodated unexpeded mergings and lane changes without slowing traffic down.
- nunez 3y agoI often try to follow the car-length-per-10mph rule. It's often times not possible. Cars with just duck in front of you and people behind you will pass you. One of many reasons why I hate daily driving.