Cruise control stuck on, heading towards downtown Huntsville at 60mph!

[ShawnD1]

I think I'm gonna call bullshit on this one...
There are so many fail-safes on cruise control it's not funny.

Cruise control is supposed to release if:
You touch your brakes
You touch the gas
The speed varies by more than 5mph

Sorry for my late arrival to this epic thread, but this is the weirdest post ever. None of my cars would ever disengage the cruise just because I hit the gas. I regularly hit the gas while cruising and it never disengages. It has thrown me off a few times because I forget that I set the cruise control and I'm wondering why the engine braking isn't working... OH I need to hit cancel

My cars have also never turned off cruise due to speed variation. If I encounter a steep hill that fifth gear can't handle, it will floor that sucker and try its best to maintain speed. My cars also just have the "fuck it" attitude if I leave the cruise on when rolling down a hill. The car goes way the hell too fast due to gravity then the cruise prevents it from dropping below the set speed.

 

[CZroe]

The incident in San Diego that started all the Toyota crap was due to a police officer receiving a Lexus loaner while his car was in the shop and not being familiar with turning off the ignition on a push-button star car. Owners should know.

The Prius incident in San Diego was someone who wanted a pay-day and did exactly what a few are suggesting happened here (faked it). I called it long before anyone reported that and all the news outlets including DailyTech were reporting it as another factual runaway Toyota story.

 

[DrPizza]

Next time I am caught speeding, I'm gonna call the police and tell them my cruise control is stuck.

That would be really stupid - you set the cruise control, therefore you can't claim something like "momentarily sped up to pass." So, you would pretty much be admitting to that traffic violation. If they're in a bad mood, they'll ticket you for the equipment problem as well, not to mention that since your car has a dangerous mechanical problem, it's time to call the tow-truck.

 

[Ichinisan]

neckbeard, every car has an emergency break. you spend all your time blasting automatic transmissions, yet you would not be able to function in a manual without the fucking emergency break.

also called a "hand break."

in some models, it is a button on the floorboard, activated by the driver's left foot.

or a lever to the left and under the steering column.

also called a "hand break."

No. It's not.

 

[Ichinisan]

That's my point, it won't work in an emergency...

...but you're not supposed to try and use it while moving, except in an emergency situation when your normal brakes have failed.

 

[ioni]

That would be really stupid - you set the cruise control, therefore you can't claim something like "momentarily sped up to pass." So, you would pretty much be admitting to that traffic violation. If they're in a bad mood, they'll ticket you for the equipment problem as well, not to mention that since your car has a dangerous mechanical problem, it's time to call the tow-truck.

You could say after getting off the highway you realized your CC was stuck!

 

[Duder1no]

I've come to the conclusion that op loves fucking attention

 

[Ichinisan]

Every cruise control I've ever had would disengage if you stepped on the gas.

Mine don't. I thought it was pretty useful that I could set a speed, temporarily accelerate to pass, and let off the gas. It reaches the set speed as it decelerates and doesn't go any lower.

 

[feralkid]

Wrong, wrong and wrong. Why do you assume these things? Just try them out in person.

I was going 40-50mph in a dirt road (mazda 6 2003) and hard pulled the E-brake, the wheels locked up but it was rather very gradual.

If you are driving in residential area at about 15-20mph, do a hard pull, your car GENTLY comes to a halt.

Also if you hold the release open (so the brake doesn't lock in place) you can pull gently or harder, release as needed, keeping complete control of the (rear) brakes and the vehicle with absolutely no locking.

Dear God it is absolute fucking rocket science, no wonder neckbeard has trouble getting with it.

 

[HAL9000]

Seems as though I was wrong about the use of a handbrake when the brakes fail, Interesting, I'll definitely have to play with mine more.

I do however still maintain that calling it an "emergency brake" when the vast majority of it's use is for parking is stupid.

 

[Doppel]

Brake won't work, it won't go into neutral either and engine won't turn off and e brake does nothing, this all seems incredible. i.e. not believable

 

[ShawnD1]

Who is going around convincing people that the parking brake is some kind of weak device that barely works? If it were weak or ineffective, it would not lock the wheels as easily as it does. The parking brake has a lot more power than my corolla's engine does, so it makes total sense that the 60-0 time is faster than the 0-60 time when only using the parking brake. The parking brake can lock the wheels and force the car into a skid, but the engine doesn't have enough power to burn rubber.

 

[HAL9000]

Who is going around convincing people that the parking brake is some kind of weak device that barely works? If it were weak or ineffective, it would not lock the wheels as easily as it does. The parking brake has a lot more power than my corolla's engine does, so it makes total sense that the 60-0 time is faster than the 0-60 time when only using the parking brake. The parking brake can lock the wheels and force the car into a skid, but the engine doesn't have enough power to burn rubber.

You can't do a wheel spin in your car?! I drive a 1.4 Ford Fiesta at the mo, and I can do a wheel spin in that if I so wish...

 

[Ichinisan]

Next time I am caught speeding, I'm gonna call the police and tell them my cruise control is stuck.

The next question would be: "Why did you set your cruise control to 80mph?"

 

[Perknose]

Yea this has already been covered a bunch of times, but Sometimes some people call the parking brake, the emergency brake, I have no idea why, and I think it is extremely stupid, and it's one of my pet peeves.

It's a legacy name. Hydraulic brakes didn't start appearing in any number until the 1930's. Fords had mechanical brakes up until WWII, iirc.

Split diagonal, dual channel (safety redundant) hydraulic systems were pioneered for the American mass market by, I believe, Volvo, in the 1960's.

Add all that info together with the fact that most people drove at 35-45 mph tops on most trips up through the 40's, and the "emergency brake", which typically worked on both rear sets of brake shoes, was both necessary and reasonably effective as an emergency brake.

And in the hands of a smart and resourceful driver, still can be today unless you have that tiny additional small shoe inset on rear discs. DrPizza used it, I had occasion to as well. In those emergencies, we made good use of the emergency brake.

 

[Ichinisan]

...also, if I hold the "Set" button (NOT the "Resume / Accel" button), the acceleration will disengage until I release the set button and it locks the current speed.

 

[IcePickFreak]

HAL9000 and ShawnD1 going toe to toe? This is like the ATOT master troll face-off.

 

[Ichinisan]

Seems as though I was wrong about the use of a handbrake when the brakes fail, Interesting, I'll definitely have to play with mine more.

I do however still maintain that calling it an "emergency brake" when the vast majority of it's use is for parking is stupid.

It should be called the "don't-use-it-for-stopping-except-in-an-emergency-when-the-regular-brakes-don't-work brake."

 

[HAL9000]

It should be called the "don't-use-it-for-stopping-except-in-an-emergency-when-the-regular-brakes-don't-work brake."

I'd call it a parking brake or a hand brake.

 

[DrPizza]

I'd call it a parking brake or a hand brake.

Would you call it a hand brake on cars where it's activated by pressing it down with your foot?

 

[HAL9000]

Would you call it a hand brake on cars where it's activated by pressing it down with your foot?

This thread is the first time i've ever heard of that, in every car I've ever driven or been in it's a hand brake.

 

[Evadman]

1) It wouldn't work at any speed
2) It would lock up the wheels and you'd just skid
3) If you were turning the wheel you'd spin
4) You'd probably snap the cable
5) You wouldn't gradually come to a halt.
6) You could slow down more effectively by changing into neutral and letting the car slow down naturally.

Hey hal? Read this, then STFU.

 

[HAL9000]

Hey hal? Read this, then STFU.

Hey Evadman read this:

Seems as though I was wrong about the use of a handbrake when the brakes fail, Interesting, I'll definitely have to play with mine more.

Then GTFO.

 

[Evadman]

Hey Evadman read this

Terribly sorry, I stopped reading at the 1st page.

 

[HAL9000]

Terribly sorry, I stopped reading at the 1st page.

It's OK, it happens