smurfslayer
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It’s Memorial Day weekend and I found myself on I95 Saturday morning, along with the peasantry headed south. It wasn’t my fault really. As fate would have it, A. Smith Bowman finally released their 2017 Abraham Bowman (whiskey). There were only 4 barrels, so I knew to score some, we would need to be at the distillery well before the 10:00 opening.
Whilst traveling south I wanted to try the adaptive cruise in what I’d hoped would be a smooth, flowing trip. I don’t know why I thought this, I know better.
Sure enough, not long after engaging cruise, traffic began to get a bit more... challenging.
The reason for the post - I found something somewhat troubling while using the adaptive cruise. It’s not a bug, it was surely inappropriate use, on my part.
Traffic began to get hectic, with impatient motorists desperate to make time. I should have seen this coming but I was maintaining a steady, with traffic pace, we’ll say I was passing 97-98% of the vehicles sharing the road with me, and keeping a steady pace behind the front vehicle in the left lane. The only folks passing us were the few ‘pass on the right at 95mph plus until they come right up on the slow tractor trailer in the right lane, change lanes left and pray I don’t hit anyone’ folks.
The pace began to slow, and the ACC kept a steady gap, which was very enticing to some folks to the right of me, who jumped in front. The 2nd guy who did it was no more than 2 car lengths, and when he jumped in front, the truck cut all power. Though we weren’t braking, it felt like we dropped anchor.
It’s the first time I’ve been in traffic like this with the truck and made me disengage the cruise for the rest of the interstate trip. Again, I’m not angry or disappointed at the truck, I understand it was just doing what it was programmed to, it was just me keeping the cruise engaged when I probably shouldn’t have.
Lesson learned.
Whilst traveling south I wanted to try the adaptive cruise in what I’d hoped would be a smooth, flowing trip. I don’t know why I thought this, I know better.
Sure enough, not long after engaging cruise, traffic began to get a bit more... challenging.
The reason for the post - I found something somewhat troubling while using the adaptive cruise. It’s not a bug, it was surely inappropriate use, on my part.
Traffic began to get hectic, with impatient motorists desperate to make time. I should have seen this coming but I was maintaining a steady, with traffic pace, we’ll say I was passing 97-98% of the vehicles sharing the road with me, and keeping a steady pace behind the front vehicle in the left lane. The only folks passing us were the few ‘pass on the right at 95mph plus until they come right up on the slow tractor trailer in the right lane, change lanes left and pray I don’t hit anyone’ folks.
The pace began to slow, and the ACC kept a steady gap, which was very enticing to some folks to the right of me, who jumped in front. The 2nd guy who did it was no more than 2 car lengths, and when he jumped in front, the truck cut all power. Though we weren’t braking, it felt like we dropped anchor.
It’s the first time I’ve been in traffic like this with the truck and made me disengage the cruise for the rest of the interstate trip. Again, I’m not angry or disappointed at the truck, I understand it was just doing what it was programmed to, it was just me keeping the cruise engaged when I probably shouldn’t have.
Lesson learned.