Cummins2014
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Yes.....Atlanta traffic is about like the clip I posted, except cars and trucks are darting in and out like crazy.
Its getting that way everywhere it seems
Yes.....Atlanta traffic is about like the clip I posted, except cars and trucks are darting in and out like crazy.
Its getting that way everywhere it seems
Try once and you are hooked up to it, it's addictive.I want a new truck now with that adaptive cruise ,sounds nice![]()
Sounds like some interesting technology to further “dumb down” some of the already dumb population of drivers on many of the roads today. Especially nice for the younger population, they can now only concentrate on keeping it between two stripes, and allow the car’s technology to speed up and slow down, while they text, watch YouTube, or catch up on the lastest drama on FaceBook. I still will abide by my original statement that it’s not a very good idea when towing heavy within a very crowded major city similar to Atlanta and such.Try once and you are hooked up to it, it's addictive.
It works incredible, very sophisticated. Driver just sets the max. speed and his prefered distance to the vehicle in front of him out of 3 presets. And then the coolest part is that the Computer sets your distance according to the actual speed the vehicle is going at that moment, so more distance when fast, closer if the traffic slows down, like a human driver.
And the speed up and down goes very nice and natural, it doesnt hammer down the throttle if a vehicle in front of you leaving the lane, it speeds up gently. The lower the actual speed is from the preset speed the more it goes into the throttle to get back to preset.
Its hard to describe, to me it feels like it is me myself doin the drive, so natural.
Sounds like some interesting technology to further “dumb down” some of the already dumb population of drivers on many of the roads today. Especially nice for the younger population, they can now only concentrate on keeping it between two stripes, and allow the car’s technology to speed up and slow down, while they text, watch YouTube, or catch up on the lastest drama on FaceBook. I still will abide by my original statement that it’s not a very good idea when towing heavy within a very crowded major city similar to Atlanta and such.
Sounds like some interesting technology to further “dumb down” some of the already dumb population of drivers on many of the roads today. Especially nice for the younger population, they can now only concentrate on keeping it between two stripes, and allow the car’s technology to speed up and slow down, while they text, watch YouTube, or catch up on the lastest drama on FaceBook. I still will abide by my original statement that it’s not a very good idea when towing heavy within a very crowded major city similar to Atlanta and such.
This is exactly the way kids are being taught to drive. Then they get in a vehicle with "dumb cruise control" and get in an accident because they aren't paying attention. Same for the country where wildlife pops out at you with zero notice and Amish buggies creeping along at 8 mph just over the crest of a hill. All these nanny devices do is dull your situational awareness. I have two boys in high school, one of them with a license, the stories I hear about his peers is plain scary.