Dumb question about adaptive cruise

[TruBlue16]

Love my ACC
In my opinion when you overtake a car the radar speeds you up, only thing the indicator does is make the BLIS flash if something in your blindspot
I find if I am in a lane and set to 60 and I am going at 50, as I pull out of the lane, the radar sees the object infront vanish, so the car will speed up to the set 60mph
Don't see how the indicator has any effect on it

From page 154 in the manual:

'Note:When you are following a vehicle and
you switch on a direction indicator, adaptive
cruise control may provide a small
temporary acceleration to help you pass.'

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[MaskedRacerX]

From page 154 in the manual:

'Note:When you are following a vehicle and
you switch on a direction indicator, adaptive
cruise control may provide a small
temporary acceleration to help you pass.'

Outstanding, I figured that was the case (and it wasn't just in my head )

Very clever design detail. :cheers:

 

[WaltA]

Outstanding, I figured that was the case (and it wasn't just in my head )

Very clever design detail. :cheers:

Its that way in my kid's Dodge too (the only vehicle where I have any personal experience with ACC).

 

[goldengooner]

From page 154 in the manual:

'Note:When you are following a vehicle and
you switch on a direction indicator, adaptive
cruise control may provide a small
temporary acceleration to help you pass.'

control may provide

that's not a very def is it
I need to check this at the weekend, set for 60 on ACC, drive at 60 then pull into fast lane, see if the car goes over 60, I say it will not, but am willing to be proved wrong, but will be very surprised if the car will speed up over the set speed in the fast lane after you pull out?

 

[TruBlue16]

control may provide

that's not a very def is it
I need to check this at the weekend, set for 60 on ACC, drive at 60 then pull into fast lane, see if the car goes over 60, I say it will not, but am willing to be proved wrong, but will be very surprised if the car will speed up over the set speed in the fast lane after you pull out?

It will not work unless you are following behind another vehicle that is traveling slower than what you have the ACC set for. It you have it set for 60 and are following a car at 50mph turning on your turn signal will give you an acceleration boost regardless if you touch the steering wheel at all. If yours doesn't do this it is broken.

 

[goldengooner]

It will not work unless you are following behind another vehicle that is traveling slower than what you have the ACC set for. It you have it set for 60 and are following a car at 50mph turning on your turn signal will give you an acceleration boost regardless if you touch the steering wheel at all. If yours doesn't do this it is broken.

So we agree, as i said the car will not go faster then the set speed which you have set. Of course if u are behind a car that is going slower, when u pull out into a clear lane the car will speed up to its set speed

 

[TruBlue16]

So we agree, as i said the car will not go faster then the set speed which you have set. Of course if u are behind a car that is going slower, when u pull out into a clear lane the car will speed up to its set speed

I don't recall anyone in the thread arguing it would go above the set speed. I think that is understood already.

 

[goldengooner]

I don't recall anyone in the thread arguing it would go above the set speed. I think that is understood already.

And that is why its says "may" as their will be no increase if u are already going at the set speed. If its slower then Will speed up; if its the set speed then it wont speed up
Correct?

 

[TruBlue16]

And that is why its says "may" as their will be no increase if u are already going at the set speed. If its slower then Will speed up; if its the set speed then it wont speed up
Correct?

Yes that is correct. :cheers:

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