Damage to fiver due to road construction
Monday, Memorial day May 27, we were s/b I55 in MS just north of exit 271 in Desoto Co going thru a construction zone. Cruise was set below the speed limit and I was in the right hand lane. We came of...
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""...the extra reaction time required for a motorist relying upon cruise control to recognize the danger of the situation when his wheels begins to spin or slide on a slippery surface,
Reaction time is longer.
Might have been able to stop/slow down in time for that drop off.
Ask any cop they KNOW what the distance traveled is for a car with cruise on and without cruise on in a panic stop/accident situation. There are documented stats on it.
bring his foot up off the floor to the brake pedal, and disengage the cruise control can be crucial
(especially for drivers lured into a hazardous level of inattentiveness on long, flat stretches of road)....""Reaction time is longer.
Might have been able to stop/slow down in time for that drop off.
Ask any cop they KNOW what the distance traveled is for a car with cruise on and without cruise on in a panic stop/accident situation. There are documented stats on it.
