More an more people are driving the legal limit, because new cars have Adaptive cruise control (ACC) that adjust the speed to the speed limit.
I also used to drive a little bit over too. And when we got our new car, I was a bit annoyed that with the ACC it drives a little bit slower than I was used to.
But very quickly I got used to it, and it’s so cool that it adjust speed to traffic if traffic is slower than the speed limit, and it keeps the breaking distance, and even stops when traffic stops and continues automatically when traffic goes again.
It is very common for me now to be in lanes with traffic that drives exactly the speed limit, and all the cars maintain distance and driving the speed limit, probably using ACC.
So I’d argue that many times everybody is forced to drive the speed limit now, because actually quite a lot of people are doing it, and to pass them all would be both stressful and annoying for a driver that wants to drive just 5-10 km/h above the speed limit.
I didn’t know adaptive cruise control did that, that’s super cool. I like how it’s a special mode (because what if you need to go faster for some reason?), but there’s still incentive to use it because, well, it’s heckin’ convenient! It’s basically a “let the car worry about the speed” button.
With any cruise control you can always go faster just stepping on the speeder. When you release the speeder the cruise control takes over again. You can disable cruise control at any by time touching the break, or turn it off.
I admit I didn’t know it was this good before I got it, I just thought it was cool it could keep breaking distance. Which was all I thought it could.
You still have to keep an eye on it though, it can get the speed limit wrong, and you can’t use it if there are special weather conditions like snow or ice on the road.
But yes it’s an amazing convenience on a normal day. And it has made me be way more calm in my driving, than my old manual.
But also the silence of an electric is amazing, it’s like driving a luxury car, and it is much less stressing in traffic.
More an more people are driving the legal limit, because new cars have Adaptive cruise control (ACC) that adjust the speed to the speed limit.
I also used to drive a little bit over too. And when we got our new car, I was a bit annoyed that with the ACC it drives a little bit slower than I was used to.
But very quickly I got used to it, and it’s so cool that it adjust speed to traffic if traffic is slower than the speed limit, and it keeps the breaking distance, and even stops when traffic stops and continues automatically when traffic goes again.
It is very common for me now to be in lanes with traffic that drives exactly the speed limit, and all the cars maintain distance and driving the speed limit, probably using ACC.
So I’d argue that many times everybody is forced to drive the speed limit now, because actually quite a lot of people are doing it, and to pass them all would be both stressful and annoying for a driver that wants to drive just 5-10 km/h above the speed limit.
I didn’t know adaptive cruise control did that, that’s super cool. I like how it’s a special mode (because what if you need to go faster for some reason?), but there’s still incentive to use it because, well, it’s heckin’ convenient! It’s basically a “let the car worry about the speed” button.
– Frost
With any cruise control you can always go faster just stepping on the speeder. When you release the speeder the cruise control takes over again. You can disable cruise control at any by time touching the break, or turn it off.
I admit I didn’t know it was this good before I got it, I just thought it was cool it could keep breaking distance. Which was all I thought it could.
You still have to keep an eye on it though, it can get the speed limit wrong, and you can’t use it if there are special weather conditions like snow or ice on the road.
But yes it’s an amazing convenience on a normal day. And it has made me be way more calm in my driving, than my old manual.
But also the silence of an electric is amazing, it’s like driving a luxury car, and it is much less stressing in traffic.