Towing Safety Tech
So if you guys folks follow some of my posts, you probably know I think there’s a lot more to towing safely than just meeting the truck towing numbers (payload, GVWR, GCVWR, tire ratings, axle ratings...
Forum Discussion
2112 wrote:
Adaptive cruise, and me not being ready for it, got me a speeding citation last month in our new 2020 Ford Edge.
I had cruise set on 65 going with the flow in the inside lane. We enter city limits where the speed limit is reduced to 45, adapive cruise doing its thing. We approach an LEO in the center median. No problem, I'm doing <45. As I approach the LEO the car in front of me changes lanes, leaving open road in front of me. The adaptive cruise sped up to 55 before I realized what it was doing. It was trying to get back to 65. I was wrote up for doing 55 in a 45. $255 deferred.
Other than that, I like the technology.
Adaptive cruise didn't cause the ticket...cruise control (even adaptive) is for wide open roads where it's unlikely to have a need to slow down or stop. Adaptive just takes care of unexpected slow downs and stops on those open roads. Entering a town is not an unexpected slow down. You are still expected to pay attention.
