Mobileye

To put it into perspective if a car cuts you off and you have the cruise set at 62 and say a car comes off the shoulder at 45 mph 150 feet in front of you will become one with the steering wheel.

now a car passes you and slows to 60 mph there will be a gentle slow and your truck will only do 60 mph maintaining distance behind the car.

And as I found out in Oregon going through a big water hole messes with it and it was not enjoyable have to foot the throttle for 3 hrs. I guess Prime has it set up yo where if onguard isn't working the cruise doesn't either or maybe his is just messed up.

Yes, there are many things I think about concerning the new technology that is being used and the situations it can put us in.

Just stick some tape on the front of the radar and it won't be able to calibrate and be used.

Probably one of the quickest ways to lose your job. You don't want to do that.

Brett, thank you for that. You can see how new I am. My line of thinking was if it makes you unsafe on the road in a storm, make yourself safe. I never have done that, and because I love my job, will never do that. Because of the seriousness of the consequence for doing such things, I am very sorry for the poor advice. My intentions were for the good though. Again Brett, thanks for pointing that out. Sorry again for the bone head advice. I going with, it's a rookie mistake!

Oh I totally understand the sentiment. The "safety features" they've been putting in trucks for 20+ years now have been almost completely worthless. They're annoying at best and almost never helpful.

And for the truck to hit the brakes hard without notice would obviously be super dangerous in the wrong conditions and the information they're using to make that decision isn't nearly enough. They're going to prevent some wrecks but they're going to cause some wrecks at the same time and in my mind that's not a good enough scenario to move forward with a technology.

So I don't mind that you'd like to disable that kind of stuff. I might do it myself. But we want people to know they could lose their job if they get caught doing something like that so it's probably not a good idea.

I haven't joined this conversation because I'm not sure if the "braking" you are talking about is air brakes or engine braking.

Swift has a system that will downshift an automatic and kick in the engine brakes to slow down. Yes, you get the Jakes even at 2000+ RPM just to get you slowed down. And engine braking does not light up the brake lights.

The one in my truck is actually really nice. It only controls the brakes when cruise is on which we shouldn't be using in the snow and ice and stuff. It does beep if I get too close which can be kind of annoying at times but I just slow down and go with it. The amount of space it needs varies depending on my speed and the speed of the car in front of you

I didn't even think about that. The on guard system we use only automatically brakes if cruise control is on, adaptive cruise control. With that said we are told not use cruise control in inclement weather. I don't if if works the same with other brands, but I am sure it's the same idea. I guess the fix is don't use cruise control in bad weather, otherwise it will just beep a lot at you.

The annoying part is when you want to use the cruise control and can't until you pull over and clean the radar lens!

I could be wrong but don't quote me, I believe mobile eye works in the same way. So to fix the problem of dangerous slides, don't set the cruise control on in bad weather. Also, I believe it starts the braking with engine braking depending on the situation then jumps to the foundation brakes.

Second Chance was told:

... [do] not use cruise control in inclement weather

This is correct, automatic braking or no. I've heard stories (yes, on the internet) of automobiles' sudden wild acceleration on slick roads, but generally you do not want to give up even that kind of control in any less-than-the-best situation.

I haven't joined this conversation because I'm not sure if the "braking" you are talking about is air brakes or engine braking.

It applies, or shall I say slams, on the service brake. If it activated the engine brake I think that would be ideal unfortunately that would only make sense.

Wow! Some of you have had bad experiences with it. So far, mine hasn't applied the brakes and some cars have cut over very close. I guess Werner had that set to only happen in xtreme instances. Their techs installed & calibrated it. Mainly it is annoying driving in traffic with the darn thing beeping until you back off. Then a truck fills that space & back to beeping. And repeat. I drove in rain, but not snow yet. I figured out the other alarm. It's the overspeed warning. It just doesn't work right. I don't think I can go 50 over when already doing 65. It's right half the time when you are 5 over.