Do you use cruise control?

[Baked]

Only on long trips. Imagine setting cruise on/off every 30 sec during rush hour. Are you that lazy? You can't keep your foot on the gas for 30 sec? :roll:

 

[Trikat]

I don't use it all the time, but I do engage it on leveled highways.
Hate it when i gets all hilly on the "local" highways since the car is too dumb to keep it at a certain speed. I just down shifts hard and spikes it back up. Annoying.

 

[speg]

I would if my car had it.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Originally posted by: goku
?? Am I the only one who thinks that cruise control is safer than just keeping your foot on the gas? IMO I think it's safer because I keep my foot hovered infront of the brake once cruise control is engaged.

DO you honestly? Hovered right over takes a lot of muscle power, it's like lifting ur toes up all the time. I mean I do from time to time, but I usually don't. My foot is ready to react though...

I use it to save gas and so I don't speed. I believe in going constant speeds.

I hate peopel in the left lane who go from 80 to 65 because of a slight uphill (only because it's an overpass. Pisses me off when I'm on CC and I need to switch out to pass them. And then they get pissed because I "cut them off" and so they pass me, but the next overpass they slow down again. IDiots.

 

[CraigRT]

On the highway, all the time.. even in the city sometimes at night when all the nights are green for miles.

 

[BW86]

all the time on the highway

 

[pray4mojo]

nope. never. i should just take it out of my car.

 

[kt]

Originally posted by: xUCIxDaiSHi

Originally posted by: DaTT

Originally posted by: xUCIxDaiSHi
I do when there are no cars a good distance in front of me. Actually, keeping hovered may not be as good as you think, since by experience you may be used to shifting your foot to the left to slam on your brakes... if you'll be slamming the floorboard. Reminds me of that left-handed parachute jumper who died after being given a right-handed chute on a jump.

You, sir, should not be driving a vehicle if you're concerned about that.

I'm just saying, old behavior may kick in in an emergency situation. Why take chances?

I don't shift my foot. I swivel my foot between the gas and brake pedals.

 

[imported_goku]

Originally posted by: DLeRium

Originally posted by: goku
?? Am I the only one who thinks that cruise control is safer than just keeping your foot on the gas? IMO I think it's safer because I keep my foot hovered infront of the brake once cruise control is engaged.

DO you honestly? Hovered right over takes a lot of muscle power, it's like lifting ur toes up all the time. I mean I do from time to time, but I usually don't. My foot is ready to react though...

I use it to save gas and so I don't speed. I believe in going constant speeds.

I hate peopel in the left lane who go from 80 to 65 because of a slight uphill (only because it's an overpass. Pisses me off when I'm on CC and I need to switch out to pass them. And then they get pissed because I "cut them off" and so they pass me, but the next overpass they slow down again. IDiots.

Huh? A lot of muscle power? When you go to sleep, how do you place your feet? Same thing... If anything, keeping my foot on the accelerator is more tiring than letting my foot hover/slightly rest above the brake pedal.

 

[WiseOldDude]

Originally posted by: chambersc
no, less safe.

Only for bad drivers like yourself

 

[neutralizer]

I usually don't drive long enough for the cruise control to be worth it.

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: JoeFahey1
Sometimes I will begin to drift down to a lower speed then I want, so what I do sometimes is set the cruise control at the minimum speed I want, and so I can drive with the gas pedal as I normally would, but when I get down to the minimum, the cruise control keeps me at the speed I don't want to go below.

I've had cruise control on for a 45 mph zone, forgotten, driven in a 65 mph zone for a while, then while coasting down the off-ramp, kinda freaked out momentarily when suddenly the car applied some throttle - it had slowed to 44 and was trying to pick the speed back up. Of course, tapping the brake takes care of the problem, but it's one of those "gasp" types of situations.

 

[Fritzo]

It's the best way to get the maximum gas millage out of your car. I gained an extra 3 MPG since I started using it on the comute to work.

 

[skyking]

Originally posted by: sm8000
I use it whenever possible.

Absolutely. It saves me from the possibility of tickets, especially on roads that can easily be traveled at speeds way over the limit. It is so easy to drift on up to 20 over on a 35mph road that is empty, and that will cost the big bucks.
I look ahead and use the buttons to adjust my speed to the traffic as needed.

 

[NFS4]

All the time on the highway. To not do so is crazy.

 

[funboy6942]

It is actually less safe because most people do not have thier foot hovering over the brake pedal. There foot is on the floor which means farther to travel in case of an emergency. BTW I hope your not one of the ass hats that have thier left foot lightly touching thier brake pedal all the time causing you to wear out your brake pads faster, warp your rotors, and what pisses me off to no end the flashing or steady brake light as I follow behind you.

 

[NTB]

My current vehicle doesn't have it, but past vehicles have, and I have not used it. Never really felt the need to. Now that I'm moving a good 5.5 or so hours out of town though, I'm pretty sure my next vehicle will have it - it'll come in handy on those trips back and forth

Nate

 

[imported_goku]

Originally posted by: funboy42
It is actually less safe because most people do not have thier foot hovering over the brake pedal. There foot is on the floor which means farther to travel in case of an emergency. BTW I hope your not one of the ass hats that have thier left foot lightly touching thier brake pedal all the time causing you to wear out your brake pads faster, warp your rotors, and what pisses me off to no end the flashing or steady brake light as I follow behind you.

Huh? My foot is always on the floor. How do you mean??? I have my heel resting on the floor with my foot right above the pedal, don't see how this is a big deal..

Ok so what do you want them to do, press the brake so that they don't overheat but flash lights or to gently hold on the brake so that it slows a bit but doesn't cause the car to jolt back and forth? For me, going down moraga road into lafayette I just disable overdrive. Works like a charm.

 

[Thraxen]

I almost never use it.... I've made 10 hour road trips without using it once. No biggie.

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: goku
Because your foot is slightly resting on the brake??? And if you can feel the brake, why would you move your foot any further to the left?

You keep your foot "slightly resting on the brake" for hours upon hours? I doubt it. If so, how often do you have to change your brake pads?

Cruise control is great if you're not dumb about it...I wish my current car had it. Of course, there's really no opportunity to use it around here until you're an hour outside of the city. Still, on those long road trips, it's wonderful...and I've taken enough of them to know.

For those people who see an increase in gas mileage when you use it...you must have REALLY sloppy driving habits

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

I use it fairly often to avoid inadvertantly speeding too much. I don't really see it has having much of a safety impact one way or the other as long as you're an adequately attentive driver. I can't imagine I'd ever buy a car without it, other than a vintage sports car or something, because it is absolutely indispensible on long trips. Actually I'd love to have a car with laser-guided speed-adapting cruise control, like the big Mercs and Bimmers have.

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: goku
Because your foot is slightly resting on the brake??? And if you can feel the brake, why would you move your foot any further to the left?

Your foot should NEVER, under ANY CIRCUMSTANCES rest on the brake pedal unless you are using it. Even slightly resting your foot on the brake pedal will trigger the brakelights and slightly engage the brakes, which will not only wear out your brakes much faster and significantly reduce fuel economy, but also eliminate any warning to cars behind you when you begin braking since the brake lights will always be on.

ZV

 

[datalink7]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt

Originally posted by: goku
Because your foot is slightly resting on the brake??? And if you can feel the brake, why would you move your foot any further to the left?

Your foot should NEVER, under ANY CIRCUMSTANCES rest on the brake pedal unless you are using it. Even slightly resting your foot on the brake pedal will trigger the brakelights and slightly engage the brakes, which will not only wear out your brakes much faster and significantly reduce fuel economy, but also eliminate any warning to cars behind you when you begin braking since the brake lights will always be on.

ZV

Exactly. I hate it when people keep their foot on the break and their breaklight is always on. Means someone never taught them to drive.

 

[mugs]

Rarely, I don't drive in light traffic often enough.

 

[thebigdude]

If traffic is light I use it to stop me from speeding.