Do you trust modern cruise control on snowy highways?

[mr2mike]

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That is so crazy! You would think something would cause the CC to cancel while the vehicle was going upside down. Wow.

This was not the modern cruise control. Early 2000`s truck. I'm assuming knocked unconscious before he could hit the brake. Got surprised with an ice patch, and couldn't react fast enough.
Probably didn't have feet anywhere close to the pedals or something.

[birdman86]

I guess by modern I'd say anything in the last 5-10 years and with traction control/ESC

I read somewhere that cruise on late model vehicles will cancel itself the moment it detects slippage, which to me eliminates a lot of the risk of using CC in winter given it should sense that before I feel it myself

Of course in actual shit conditions when you aren't holding a steady speed anyway (ie drifting snow, black ice, variable conditions etc) cruise shouldn't be an option anyway given you're constantly adjusting the speed

[Sugarphreak]

I'd say no

The cruise control on my modern 2023 car is far from perfect, it was glitching up on long corners and thinking I was going to collide with cars in other lanes ahead. If it can't even figure that out, I can't trust it to properly manage wheel slippage when the weather is bad.

Becides, if you are not on cruise control, you are more engaged in driving. That is a good thing when the roads are bad IMO.

[Flexray]

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I guess by modern I'd say anything in the last 5-10 years and with traction control/ESC

I read somewhere that cruise on late model vehicles will cancel itself the moment it detects slippage, which to me eliminates a lot of the risk of using CC in winter given it should sense that before I feel it myself

Of course in actual shit conditions when you aren't holding a steady speed anyway (ie drifting snow, black ice, variable conditions etc) cruise shouldn't be an option anyway given you're constantly adjusting the speed

5-10 years is a big spread in technology. Cruise control of ten years ago just held vehicle speed, that's it. Active cruise control is a level 2 autonomous program that uses radar, infrared, computer vision, pitch/yaw/g-force sensors to drive the vehicle. I wouldn't use it in a snow storm, but a snow covered highway, why not.

[redline]

As long as I feel safe in 2h I will use it , if I go to 4a more then like not ….

[max_boost]

I don’t even remember the last time I used that cruise control

But in winter nope lol not a chance

[tonytiger55]

Short answer is no.

Cruise control on new-ish vehicles cancels itself.
Well... it does on my Zonda.
Its linked to the Radar. When that jams up with type of wet snow. The system switches off. Even though the road may be clear.
If the vehicle detects too many slips/traction issues then it cuts off with a warning.

[Twin_Cam_Turbo]

QE2 North of Red Deer this morning was a good example of bros on 40s with their cruise control set to 140 cheating death the whole way. Two major accidents just south of Leduc (road closed) and beside the Nisku outlet malls (injuries for sure, one lane open) in case anyone is heading South.

[ExtraSlow]

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I don’t even remember the last time I used that cruise control

But in winter nope lol not a chance

Have you left the city in the last year?

[ThePenIsMightier]

My 2003 car would let me set cruise control at 144 but not 145.
The obvious conclusion is that who drives better than me?
You guessed it, Frank Stallone.