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CRUISE CONTROL QUESTION (Vanity)
4-12-13 | Me

Posted on 04/12/2013 4:20:29 AM PDT by SMARTY

This morning, I drove to work in the rain. It was raining all the way and it is a highway drive of about 35 miles.

I didn't use the cruise control, because I was told that was not a good idea on wet pavement.

Is that correct?


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: control; cruise; safety
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To: SMARTY

Just don’t go to the back and get a cup of coffee.


21 posted on 04/12/2013 6:01:02 AM PDT by listenhillary (Courts, law enforcement, roads and national defense should be the extent of government)
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To: SMARTY

I have hydroplaned while on cruise control. One unintended lane change was all it took for me to never do it again. I like being able to immediately let off the accelerator when the tires start breaking loose.


22 posted on 04/12/2013 6:05:30 AM PDT by EricT.
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To: SMARTY

I woul dnot use it in wet weather. Every once in a while, my car hydroplanes...even at relatively slow speed, when some imperfection in the road makes the water deeper.

The instinct is to let off the gas..and all is well. With cruise on, I think the ‘reaction time’ of the control will be too slow.


23 posted on 04/12/2013 6:19:24 AM PDT by lacrew (Mr. Soetoro, we regret to inform you that your race card is over the credit limit.)
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To: SMARTY

With cruise control set you can become inattentive. Better to have your foot on the gas and your mind alert to changing conditions.


24 posted on 04/12/2013 6:43:38 AM PDT by Oratam
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To: SMARTY

There are different cruise controls out there. Some are smarter than others. Even if some have conquered the icy and wet roads problem, how do you know how smart yours is? You don’t.

Better safe than sorry.


25 posted on 04/12/2013 6:50:31 AM PDT by chopperman
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To: BobL
People that have no actual knowledge of a subject shouldn't call others idiots.

I was a fully ASE certified mechanic at an Oldsmobile dealership. Courses taught by General Motors specifically stated you should NOT use cruise control on wet roads. I don't think this applies to modern traction control though.

26 posted on 04/12/2013 6:51:41 AM PDT by BubbaBasher ("Liberty will not long survive the total extinction of morals" - Sam Adams)
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To: golux
With that bogus information, you have endangered life on this planet as we know it, added to Global Warming, and led several endangered species (Bacigalupo's Spotted Skink for one) inexorably toward extinction.

You blithely ignore the Coriolis Effect, not to mention centrifugal forces which lead to untoward catenary changes in the MacPhersons. Just FYI, the Bingham Brothers now work as Wal-Mart greeters and tother day nary a one of'em could tell my grandmother where the automotive section was.

Furthermore, from the tenor of your remarks, Sir, I deduce you to be none other than Toto, the notorious cabbie of Siragusa who drove me all the way to Sigonella in the rain without ever looking at the road, all the while explaining trouble-shooting the Isotta-Fraschini turbocharger.

27 posted on 04/12/2013 7:24:24 AM PDT by Kenny Bunk (The Obama Molecule: Teflon binds with Melanin = No Criminal Charges Stick)
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To: BubbaBasher

I can’t help it GM is run by lawyers...I do know that those same lawyers hadn’t affected the ability of me to use my cruise in the rain (although they could have, easily) - with or without traction control engaged.


28 posted on 04/12/2013 7:45:55 AM PDT by BobL (Look up "CSCOPE" if you want to see something really scary)
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To: SMARTY

One of the reasons you do not use Cruise on bad weather is you need 100% positive control of your vehicle and cruise does not do that for you.


29 posted on 04/12/2013 9:11:29 AM PDT by US Navy Vet (Go Packers! Go Rockies! Go Boston Bruins! See, I'm "Diverse"!)
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To: SMARTY

I just got an email from State Farm the other day leading me to this link:

http://learningcenter.statefarm.com/auto/safety/5-tips-for-driving-safely-in-the-rain/index.html?cmpid=enews-apr13

The relevant portion:

4. Turn off cruise control. Ironically, on rain- or snow-slick surfaces, cruise control may cause you to lose control. You might think it’ll help you stay at one steady speed, but if you hydroplane while you’re in cruise control, your car will actually go faster.


30 posted on 04/12/2013 1:11:57 PM PDT by scott7278 ("...I have not changed Congress and how it operates the way I would have liked..." - BHO)
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To: Okieshooter
Traction control, at least on my Jeep Patriot works to keep wheels turning the same speed by application of a little brake to the spinning wheel. I don’t believe it would have any effect of improving traction of both wheels spinning at same speed.

Traction control on my Z06 is controlled by retarding ignition timing and sapping power to the wheels. The stability control engages brakes at individual wheels when it senses the car yawing. I imagine they went a different route on the Jeep with off road in mind.

31 posted on 04/12/2013 11:07:04 PM PDT by Gunslingr3
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