Birchall
Dick Chown Award 2016
HI,
The Cruise Control on the A2 is very clever, as I discovered on the way to Kimbolton at the weekend !!!
I was doing 70 in the outside lane, with the cruise control engaged, calmly and sensibly overtaking a slower moving car, then the car I was overtaking (alongside me now) decided to move out into my lane.
I had to take avoiding action.
I didn't brake because that would have kept us in the same position and therefore a crash was likely, I just swerved quite firmly to move away from him and was then clear of the "idiot".
To my surprise, my car started to slow ! The cruise had disconnected due to the swerve!!!
I did not brake and did not touch the clutch, but it disengaged for safety !!
To me that is very safe and sensible, if I had swerved towards the hard shoulder or grass verge etc, I would not want the power to remain on, keeping me at 70 mph!.
So our Cruise Control in our A2s is very clever (Timmus installed of course)
Thanks Tom
Steve B
The Cruise Control on the A2 is very clever, as I discovered on the way to Kimbolton at the weekend !!!
I was doing 70 in the outside lane, with the cruise control engaged, calmly and sensibly overtaking a slower moving car, then the car I was overtaking (alongside me now) decided to move out into my lane.
I had to take avoiding action.
I didn't brake because that would have kept us in the same position and therefore a crash was likely, I just swerved quite firmly to move away from him and was then clear of the "idiot".
To my surprise, my car started to slow ! The cruise had disconnected due to the swerve!!!
I did not brake and did not touch the clutch, but it disengaged for safety !!
To me that is very safe and sensible, if I had swerved towards the hard shoulder or grass verge etc, I would not want the power to remain on, keeping me at 70 mph!.
So our Cruise Control in our A2s is very clever (Timmus installed of course)
Thanks Tom
Steve B