Driving habits of rural folk

[turnkey4099]

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I control my speed with my thumbs, it's gotten instinctive to shut it off when coming into a turn and back on when coming out of it. My 2018 even has pretty good engine braking when the CC is on. With the 8 speed tranny I can easily kick it down 2 gears when approaching a hill; I generally never touch the gas yet also don't lose speed. When cold weather comes it's tough to stop using it; I automatically set the CC just like you push down on the accelerator.

My work truck is an 89 F150. Beat to peices but still in there kicking. CC quit a couple yiears ago but I am so used to using it I caught my selft punching it on the other day when I hit the highway with a load.

 

[turnkey4099]

See Industrial Toys post #225 for one.

I can however put over 50k on a vehicle. Even on longer 4-8 drives, generally with people driving too fast, too slow or even the speed limit, there always seems to be a somewhat constant change of speed.

I've also happen to experience 3Ts post #227 as well.

Added the fact that I grew up driving a 3 on the tree, and I find driving a very interactive activity, and find it personally easier just to manually control the speed with my foot on the gas. I know it's getting harder and harder to find a new vehical (other than a "sporty" car) with a straight drive, but do straight drives come with a crusie control option? That said with all the new technology and gadgets in cars I don't care for, I was able to convince my father to spend his money on upgrading his car, and his 89 year old body actually loves the paddle shifting on the wheel as he can't drive my straight drive truck anymore (I can still remember him hollaring at me teaching me to drive a speed on the floor:laughing

Both 225 and 227 are largely imagination. Modern CC does not act that way. As for going down hills and having to hit the brake. You have to do that wihtout CC also and there is no need to 'recalibrate' the CC, just puch ="resume"

I grew up learning to drive on 3 and 4 speed crash box vehicles (36 Plymount)_ and 34 Chev tone and half truck. I won't even look at a verhicle that does not have CC.

Up hills CC will maintain speed with out loosing more that 1 mph when it shifts and on todays highways thare are not very many that require a downsift and than only from 6th to 5th or so. Downhill CC will kick out if you touch the brakes, hit resume at the bottomand you are ack at your desired speed. As for varying speed in traffic? You have the same probvlem CC or not.

There is no valid reason for not using CC except dense traffic or bad weather conditions.

 

[Sigarms]

Service logs can't tell if a person was using a hands free divice, reading a text, initiating a text, or looking at a web page. Any evidence they provide would be speculative in many cases.

A few years ago there was a double fatality accident in front of a coworker's house. A young woman got into a head-on with a dump truck. She was on a basically straight road that made a 5 degree bend to the right. The path of her car was a straight line into the path of the truck. The only survivor in her car was her step-son in the back seat. It was speculated that she was texting, but it was never proven.

First time I drove my dads car, I couldn't figure out why the steering wheel would seem unresponsive. Turns out, it was "lane assist". I may not like CC, but I can see advantages with "lane assit". Car may not be driving itself, but it will let you know if you're getting too close to the other lane.

I can't help but think that perhaps "lane assist" may of helped this woman. That said, as others have said, people may use technology to get away with their own driving habits.

 

[turnkey4099]

I remember one of the early arguments in favor of CC was better fuel economy. One of the biggest misleading sales lies I've ever saw.

I am absolutely opposed to auto steer of any fashion. Also opposed to auto brake. My concern is they will make drivers even more inattentive than they already are.....

Test after test CC vs no CC. CC has won every time. Granted teh difference isn't a lot givena good drivers.

 

[strantor]

Test after test CC vs no CC. CC has won every time. Granted teh difference isn't a lot givena good drivers.

Tests on modern vehicles? I would speculate that on older vehicles the cruise control would make MPG worse. I've been driving the ol '93 silverado for a week now, and noted a big difference between its CC and the CC on my 2010 yukon. The one on the '93 is much more "excited," overreacting to hills, wasting gas (I assume). I have not done a comparison. I don't think I'm capable to doing an apples-to-apples comparison. When I don't use CC I drive fast. My numbers would almost certainly favor CC.

 

[Sigarms]

Both 225 and 227 are largely imagination. Modern CC does not act that way. As for going down hills and having to hit the brake. You have to do that wihtout CC also and there is no need to 'recalibrate' the CC, just puch ="resume"

I grew up learning to drive on 3 and 4 speed crash box vehicles (36 Plymount)_ and 34 Chev tone and half truck. I won't even look at a verhicle that does not have CC.

Up hills CC will maintain speed with out loosing more that 1 mph when it shifts and on todays highways thare are not very many that require a downsift and than only from 6th to 5th or so. Downhill CC will kick out if you touch the brakes, hit resume at the bottomand you are ack at your desired speed. As for varying speed in traffic? You have the same probvlem CC or not.

There is no valid reason for not using CC except dense traffic or bad weather conditions.

Pehaps I've used CC incorrectly, not certain. Just use to being without it and never a problem, so I do without it.

For varying traffic conditions (slow and VERY fast drivers), so use to my foot on the pedal and adjust accordingly that I really don't think about it.

 

[Diggin It]

Our newest vehicle has adaptive cruise control with lane centering. .

I will never have a vehicle like that.

Would you contend that auto steer and auto brake will make the driver more attentive?

Less. People will take on the sense that the car will do it so they don't have to.

 

[Diggin It]

I started out using my adaptive cruise, but the down side is it keeps an appropriate safe following distance from the vehicle in front;.

I will never have a vehicle like that either.

 

[4570Man]

I attribute the smoothness to more gears in the Auto Trans. New Diesel PUs have ten speed autos. Wish I had one behind my old 7.3L Power Stroke....

My 5 speed ton truck could sure use some more gears. My 366 gas burner truck will pull circles around it. It’s probably got more power to start with but 10 gears vs 5 sets it way ahead. Even if the ton truck just had 1 more gear between 3-4th it would be a lot better.

 

[dragoneggs]

On long trips if I don't use CC my leg and butt get very tired and my sciatic nerve sometimes gets aggravated.