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Originally Posted by SteveinArizona
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Originally Posted by Symo
Sorry if this has been covered before. Could not find it in my search.
I have radar cruise and in stop start traffic it's annoying that you need tap a button or blip the throttle to move on when the car in front moves off. At the moment I think it's like 2 or 3 seconds after being stopped you need manually ask the car to move off again.
Is there any way to code this to 15 seconds or 30 seconds so like being stopped at traffic lights you need manually tell the car to proceed. But stop / go traffic where you only stop for 5 or 6 seconds it's a pain.
Thanks in advance.
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I believe that all adaptive cruise controls limit automatic restarts to less than five seconds. I don't believe you can code it as you have requested.
I think the restart function can be dangerous. Pull into a four way stop, for example, and when the car in front of you pulls out, suddenly you have no one in front of you and the car can start up again even though you are now fourth in place. So limiting it to a couple of seconds helps prevent that. |
I agree with the safety factor of forcing a manual restart, however you still should remain alert when driving and using cruise cruise control should be no different.
Having said that in freeway stop start traffic it makes cruise useless as cars stop for 5 or 6 seconds, roll forward 1 or 2 car length and stop again. For about 30 minutes a night along one section of road on my commute home. Ironically the car is happy for me not to touch the steering wheel during this time as I never travel any more than 10 or 20 meters before stopping again for 10 seconds or so.