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Re: Annoyances
« Reply #1575 on: October 22, 2014, 08:54:53 AM »
Why does that bother you

People not using cruise? Because it means they don't drive at a constant speed, which in turn means that you end up in stupid and unnecessary overtaking loops or that you'll pull out to overtake and then they'll speed up.

Cruise makes cars and roads more efficient. People don't use it because they're either too stupid or too scared, and neither is an acceptable trait on the roads.
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Re: Annoyances
« Reply #1576 on: October 22, 2014, 09:05:52 AM »
How can you tell if their car is equipped with cruise, therefore how can you be annoyed?

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Re: Annoyances
« Reply #1577 on: October 22, 2014, 09:05:55 AM »
I'm capable of maintaining a constant speed without cruise control, but the people who can't should use it more often. Like you said, it results in a lot of unnecessary overtaking loops.

I used to use cruise control as much as possible when I had my own car, but between that and the navigator I felt I was slipping into autopilot, which made me uncomfortable. Now I just use cruise control when I've got wide open highway.

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Re: Annoyances
« Reply #1578 on: October 22, 2014, 09:10:07 AM »
How can you tell if their car is equipped with cruise, therefore how can you be annoyed?

I hate those fuckers who dont take advantage of tilt steering, bastards driving with their hands all high and mighty.

Good point. The cruise control on my family's old Subaru no longer works.

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Re: Annoyances
« Reply #1579 on: October 22, 2014, 09:12:09 AM »
How can you tell if their car is equipped with cruise, therefore how can you be annoyed?

I hate those fuckers who dont take advantage of tilt steering, bastards driving with their hands all high and mighty.

Most cars made in the last five years have cruise control. It's pretty much a default feature these days.
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Re: Annoyances
« Reply #1580 on: October 22, 2014, 09:12:39 AM »
It's not very difficult to keep a constant speed without cruise. That said, there are too many horrible drivers down here to accurately use cruise.
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Re: Annoyances
« Reply #1581 on: October 22, 2014, 09:44:27 AM »
My car has no cruise.

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Re: Annoyances
« Reply #1582 on: October 22, 2014, 11:03:40 AM »
If people don't have cruise, they have a responsibility to maintain speed anyway. Braking has a domino effect, and it even amplifies and creates further slowdowns.

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Re: Annoyances
« Reply #1583 on: October 22, 2014, 11:09:10 AM »
If people don't have cruise, they have a responsibility to maintain speed anyway. Braking has a domino effect, and it even amplifies and creates further slowdowns.

My wife loses her excrement when other drivers brake for no reason.

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Re: Annoyances
« Reply #1584 on: October 22, 2014, 11:10:07 AM »
My wife loses her excrement when other drivers brake for no reason.

Rightly so. Generally it's because they're driving too close to the vehicle in front.
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Re: Annoyances
« Reply #1585 on: October 22, 2014, 11:12:44 AM »
Rightly so. Generally it's because they're driving too close to the vehicle in front.

When I said no reason, I literally meant no apparent reason, as in nobody's in front of them and they're not going fast enough to warrant slowing down.

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Re: Annoyances
« Reply #1586 on: October 22, 2014, 11:13:26 AM »
My wife loses her excrement when other drivers brake for no reason.

Pisses my wife off too.  People reflexively brake when entering a tunnel, even though the road doesn't narrow and there are signs that say "maintain speed".  One person brakes, and then everyone else has to----------->tunnel traffic.

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Re: Annoyances
« Reply #1587 on: October 22, 2014, 11:23:59 AM »
My car has no cruise.

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Re: Annoyances
« Reply #1588 on: October 22, 2014, 01:30:51 PM »
I think we can all agree there are too many idiots on the road.

That said, I don't use cruise most of the time. But whenever I'm driving for at least an hour, I use it all the time. It increases fuel efficiency, plus I like the semi-autopilot. Cruise has been a boon lately for me since my son went up to Boston. That's a long-derriere ride.
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« Reply #1589 on: October 22, 2014, 01:43:53 PM »
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