Wouldn't use it, ever, whatever name it goes by.

Fortunately the truck i drive has simple old school cruise control and i can turn off the gps/terrain supposed 'eco' part of the deal which sees speed dropping before you reach the peak of a hill, which if everyone behind is using radar/adaptive means the whole moving line of commercial traffic slows to the speed of the vehicle that slows the most....i had the misfortune of using another make of truck last week, no way of switching off adaptive cruise so just kept my foot to the floor on the limiter and amused myself watching the on board driving scores get progressively lower because i failed to do as the trauck wished, stuff that.

No different in cars so equipped, someone miles ahead is a hesitant annoying mimser and their driving incompetence reflects in a wave back as far as the traffic lasts, eventually they'll come up behind a road hog and 500 cars behind will all mirror whatever the rolling roadblock is doing, all mindlessly leaving the vehicle to control their lives.

Now this is all vvery well if all you consider yourself to be is a passenger in this controlled box of electronics who just happens to be sitting behind the steering wheel...oh and they're insistent on nudging that for you as well...but do you really only want to be vegetating behind the wheel while the car increasingly does everything for you, might as well catch the bus or train.

Anyway the point is this is a motoring forum, why are you lot not questioning these things more or just simply turning them off and learning to drive again, you are supposed to be drivers with presumably an interest in actual motoring, if not why are you here?? what is happening is chipping away at all that it means to be a motorist, for goodness sake wake up, will there ever be a final straw that breaks your apathy, there are those in power (western politicians apparatchiks and otherwise) out to take your own private transport from you, going along with their every whim only encourages them.

Edited by gordonbennet on 27/11/2022 at 07:16

I like the speed limiter on mine as it reacts to the road signs, the car I’m interested in however, only alerts that you have exceeded the limit, now before everyone starts posting that you shouldn’t rely on these systems, my answer is, I don’t, I use them as a guide, a back up so to speak, as for adaptive cruise, it makes for a more relaxing drive, as long as you are not completely relying on it, and are paying attention to what’s going on around you on the road, I’m all for the gadgetry in new cars, ( dare not mention that I have an automatic tailgate)

I like the speed limiter on mine as it reacts to the road signs,

Hmm. These days many speed-limit signs (and plenty of others) are turning green with algae or are partly hidden by overgrowth, so I don't know how reliable that is. There have also been cases of loonies converting a 30 sign into 80 (for example) which could be interesting.

Yes, that’s something I should have added, it’s not infallible, in fact it sometimes doesn’t work at all for a few miles, not seeing a road sign, or seeing a 20 sign in a side road and adjusting to that, but as I said, it’s an aid, and not to take responsibility from the driver.