Cruise control- kinda scary

[Spark-E]

So I’ve had my MME GT for 2 full days now. Today I turned on the cruise control while on a highway with stop lights every mile or so. Is it just me or does anyone else feel like the car isn’t going to stop in time? It did but it was kinda scary. I set it to 4 bars.

Also, I’m not a fan of having to hit the button to resume when the light changes. Is it like that in stop & go rush hour type traffic?

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[TruWrecks]

The Cruise Control system in the MME is not traffic light aware.

If you are referring to other traffic I find it more comfortable with 3 or 4 second follow distance on the follow selector (3 or 4 bars). Then the MME will have more time to decel slower and it will not brake check the cars behind you as much.

 

[Rt1AWD]

So I’ve had my MME GT for 2 full days now. Today I turned on the cruise control while on a highway with stop lights every mile or so. Is it just me or does anyone else feel like the car isn’t going to stop in time? It did but it was kinda scary. I set it to 4 bars.

Also, I’m not a fan of having to hit the button to resume when the light changes. Is it like that in stop & go rush hour type traffic?

If you are approaching the car standing on the traffic light the cruise control might not notice that car. It notices reliably moving cars not stationary. So you have to pause/resume your cruise control on crossings.
It works differently on freeways. It handles well stop-and-go traffic on freeways and you don't have to press pause resume on freeways

 

[Spark-E]

If you are approaching the car standing on the traffic light the cruise control might not notice that car. It notices reliably moving cars not stationary. So you have to pause/resume your cruise control on crossings.
It works differently on freeways. It handles well stop-and-go traffic on freeways and you don't have to press pause resume on freeways

Thanks!

 

[MachEMaster]

So I’ve had my MME GT for 2 full days now. Today I turned on the cruise control while on a highway with stop lights every mile or so. Is it just me or does anyone else feel like the car isn’t going to stop in time? It did but it was kinda scary. I set it to 4 bars.

Also, I’m not a fan of having to hit the button to resume when the light changes. Is it like that in stop & go rush hour type traffic?

It’s better to play with cruise control on multi lane freeway traffic, not stop and go. Keep playing with it.

 

[ctenidae]

It’s better to play with cruise control on multi lane freeway traffic, not stop and go. Keep playing with it.

The only time "go play in traffic" is a good idea! Also one of the few times "keep playing with it" won't get you in some sort of trouble.

 

[JohnnyForensic]

This is what I've found:

1) If you're approaching a light in the distance and there are stopped cars, but there are no cars already in front of you, then it will sense the stopped car very late and slam on the brakes accordingly. You can tell if it sees the car ahead by looking at the top of the main car icon on your speedometer. If it shows the butt of a car at the top, it sees it and should slow correctly. If it doesn't, you want to take over.

2) Make sure your following distance is set to 3 or 4 bars, but that's been covered.

3) The drive mode also somewhat seems to affect the slowdown of the cruise control (to me). If you're in unbridled, it slows much later and more aggressively. If you're in whisper, it slows sooner and more gradually.

#1 is the biggest reason it flys up to a light and slams on the brakes. Also as mentioned before, it's not traffic light aware. That would be a great feature they could add with the front cameras I'd assume, but it's not here now unfortunately.

 

[SnBGC]

This is what I've found:

1) If you're approaching a light in the distance and there are stopped cars, but there are no cars already in front of you, then it will sense the stopped car very late and slam on the brakes accordingly. You can tell if it sees the car ahead by looking at the top of the main car icon on your speedometer. If it shows the butt of a car at the top, it sees it and should slow correctly. If it doesn't, you want to take over.

2) Make sure your following distance is set to 3 or 4 bars, but that's been covered.

3) The drive mode also somewhat seems to affect the slowdown of the cruise control (to me). If you're in unbridled, it slows much later and more aggressively. If you're in whisper, it slows sooner and more gradually.

#1 is the biggest reason it flys up to a light and slams on the brakes. Also as mentioned before, it's not traffic light aware. That would be a great feature they could add with the front cameras I'd assume, but it's not here now unfortunately.

Great explanation.
I could also add that adaptive cruise control works best when moving in traffic with other vehicles traveling the same route. It relies on the presence of other vehicles to know when to slow down (all the way to a complete stop if necessary) and speed up (to the max limit set by the driver)

I sometimes wonder what it would be like if a dozen of us got together, set ACC and drove around during an off peak time. The lead car would fly right through the red lights and the rest of us would blindly follow. Would actually be kinda funny to watch if there was a safe way to pull that off.

Is downtown Detroit still deserted?

 

[rapture89]

One thing about BlueCruise that I find alarming is on the highway, it like to hug the right side, which is great if you are in the right lane, but in the left, you end up really close to the cars in the right lane and you know too many people drift over the center line, you will be sideswiped if they do. I wish there was more awareness @Ford Motor Company of how close you are to another car and if there's room on the left it would move more to the left. I feel every day I'm fighting to move the car over and wondering how much tire wear that is causing. At least one thing, one arm is going to be stronger than the other, .

 

[Mach-Lee]

So I’ve had my MME GT for 2 full days now. Today I turned on the cruise control while on a highway with stop lights every mile or so. Is it just me or does anyone else feel like the car isn’t going to stop in time? It did but it was kinda scary. I set it to 4 bars.

Also, I’m not a fan of having to hit the button to resume when the light changes. Is it like that in stop & go rush hour type traffic?

Warning: The cruise control radar cannot detect stopped vehicles until you are very close to them. If you are approaching stopped cars at more than 30 MPH it will not detect them in time and you may crash. When approaching a stop light, always verify the car ahead icon is showing up in the cluster. If you do not see a car ahead icon, you must manually brake the vehicle.

The cruise control needs to “follow” another vehicle to a stop. If the car in front of you switches lanes, the radar will be blind for several seconds until it acquires the next target vehicle. You may have to take over in this situation.

Basically unless you are following a car right in front of you that stays in your lane all the way to a stop, you need to take over.

They system does not see traffic lights. It follows other cars in your lane. If there are no cars in front of you it will go right through a red light, so don’t be dumb and overly reliant on it.

 

[Spark-E]

I was extremely careful when using it. No way I was gonna let it get too close.

 

[Mrn]

It's a lot like flying an airplane on autopilot. The AP makes the flight less busy for the pilot, but she must always be ready to help the AP out or disconnect it if things go south.

 

[ripperAZ]

Great explanation.
I could also add that adaptive cruise control works best when moving in traffic with other vehicles traveling the same route. It relies on the presence of other vehicles to know when to slow down (all the way to a complete stop if necessary) and speed up (to the max limit set by the driver)

I sometimes wonder what it would be like if a dozen of us got together, set ACC and drove around during an off peak time. The lead car would fly right through the red lights and the rest of us would blindly follow. Would actually be kinda funny to watch if there was a safe way to pull that off.

Is downtown Detroit still deserted?

Lol.
downtown Detroit just looks deserted
I bet a MME at night bricked in some neighborhoods would lose the frunk in under 5 minutes. The wheels might take 10

Jes sayin. ?‍ zombies come.out. Amazing there is a zombie emoji.

 

[Chuck]

So I’ve had my MME GT for 2 full days now. Today I turned on the cruise control while on a highway with stop lights every mile or so. Is it just me or does anyone else feel like the car isn’t going to stop in time? It did but it was kinda scary. I set it to 4 bars.

Also, I’m not a fan of having to hit the button to resume when the light changes. Is it like that in stop & go rush hour type traffic?

My first experience with cruise control 16 months ago when I got the car was a leap in faith. I was on the San Diego Freeway in Orange county and had set the cruise control at 80. I was going 80 and about a quarter of a mile ahead I could see that the traffic was at a dead stop. Not moving at all. It took all of the courage I could muster not to hit the brakes to slow down. But I didn't. And it slowed nicely and smoothly until it came to a stop. My wife commented, "the car slows down better than you do."

Since then I never think about cruise control and Blue Cruise. They work as advertised.

 

[DYohn]

Yea, bottom line is this vehicle is not autonomous. You still need to drive. Don't use cruise control when it is congested or when there are stop lights. It's not worth the blood pressure spikes.

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