Align cruise control with the speed limit.

[geftsnowball]

I find it is a great tool and use it all the time. Gives my arthritic foot and ankle a rest. Only time it slowed down was reading the 25 mph road parallel to the road we were on at 45 mph. Great on the turnpike using 5 car length ad captive cruise at 70 mph, slows down and speeds up every time.

Clarification, does this turnpike repeatedly change speeds or it's a constant ~70 from point A to point B?

Maybe misunderstanding what you're saying but... the "intelligent" adaptive cruise is different than the adaptive cruise. Intelligent will say "Oh, it's not 70 MPH anymore it's 45 MPH limit" and set the limit to 45 (even if it's still 70 because it saw that side road sign on the parallel road and incorrectly determined it's the current speed limit for the road you're on).

Adaptive cruise control does NOT require "intelligent" speed sign recognition (and you can STILL enable seeing speed limit sign on the dash without auto speed changing). You're not giving your foot any extra rest by using the speed sign recognition, adaptive cruise alone would achieve the same result without the risk of deciding to drop to 20 MPH from 70 MPH.

My foot doesn't touch the pedal for miles and miles and this includes a highway going through a town where the speed goes 60>45>25>35>60. Adaptive cruise (hands-free "blue cruise") and using the steering wheel control, no speed sign recognition required.

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[Deleted member 16048]

Exact reason I turned it off, soon after it “saw” a 5 mph sign while I was on the highway. I still see discrepancies between what the car “sees” and what Apple Maps has programmed in all the time.

I've noticed this as well. In MN we don't have as many frontage roads like down south (Texas as a major example.) These are streets it can definitely get confused by. I wish it would verify the speed limit signs in some way. Like GPS data, Apple Maps data, or something if it thinks the speed limit fell from 65 to 35 or something drastic.

We have a street that does from from 65 to a 45, but if it saw it then doublechecked to verify it might help prevent false positives. That's just the IT engineer in me thinking though.

 

[MacherAWD]

I have been using it almost a year, works awesome around New England, I have had 1 spot where the highway drops to 50mph but traffic doesnt slow, so I override it then. I have it set to 7mph over.

 

[RickMachE]

In fact, it does use a database when no signs are present. Road near my house erroneously dropped to 25mph in the database, yet it's a 55mph zone. I sent corrections to the map company, and they verified them, but until we get an update it won't change.

 

[TRP]

I've had a couple of instances where it "miss-read" a sign. 1 was speed up to 85 when sign read 35....with a shadow of a tree limb across it. I was watching and expected it, so no big deal.

Overall, I'm happy with it

 

[Womps]

Mines definitely off. I could handle the false acceleration, it was the sudden braking when it would read an exit speed sign while driving on the freeway. That is downright dangerous. Adaptive cruise works great, speed sign recognition not so much.

 

[mu5e]

I've been testing this for last weeks, everything is flawless so far.

I don't really like the ergonomics of controls on the steering wheel (both volume and speed), so changing target speed manually w/o intelligent cc is painful.

 

[geftsnowball]

I've been testing this for last weeks, everything is flawless so far.

I don't really like the ergonomics of controls on the steering wheel (both volume and speed), so changing target speed manually w/o intelligent cc is painful.

Out of curiosity, did you notice that long holding will start adjusting speed in increments of 5 so you're not adjusting one mile at a time.

One thing I miss from my previous Escape is the underside cruise adjustments (in the gap) which supported a more relaxed hand hold but I've grown used to the current setup reasonably well now.

The idea of intelligent cruise interests me but the thought of possible issues that I've read about don't make it seem worth the added potential stress of sudden deceleration (and my commute doesn't have enough speed variance to make it even worth trying out).

 

[mu5e]

Out of curiosity, did you notice that long holding will start adjusting speed in increments of 5 so you're not adjusting one mile at a time.

I did, but that is not the best design. You have to time exactly how much you are holding the joystick to get the speed you need ( lets say from 40 to 65mph, when you are entering the highway). If you tried other designs, like BMWs, where you have to click 4 times up to get +20mph, you notice it is much more convenient.

 

[JohnnyForensic]

Speed sign recognition seems to be fantastic or horrific depending on the roads you drive on and where you live. Out here in the country and suburbs, it’s fantastic for me, because there are almost never ”wrong” signs for it to see visible from the highway. When I drive in town, what always gets me is the left toll-based “express lane” that has a 10mph greater speed limit than the other lanes (which I’m in). So I’ll roll up on a set of speed limit signs and the one on the right is 55 mph (mine), and the one on the left on the other side of the lane divider is 65 mph (theirs), but that’s the one it sees. Pain in the butt. I really feel the love/hate on this depends on the kind of roads you have in your own area.

 

[ChuckA]

Seems like MME is aware of the speed limit on the highway ( I see it on the dash). So seems natural to have the option to set the cruise control to follow the speed limit (or within 10%). Is there an option for that?

Setting the sign recognition for cruise control is dangerous. For me it doesn’t recognize yellow signs so the car speeds up to highway speed when you merge into an exit ramp.

 

[ChuckA]

I did, but that is not the best design. You have to time exactly how much you are holding the joystick to get the speed you need ( lets say from 40 to 65mph, when you are entering the highway). If you tried other designs, like BMWs, where you have to click 4 times up to get +20mph, you notice it is much more convenient.

Not exactly. If the speed shows 69 and you want it to be 65, click the toggle down 4 times. If going from 40 to 65, turn it off and then re-engage at 65. One thing about the MME is you’ll learn many workarounds.

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