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Originally Posted by Derek Sutton
Well there has to at 20 safety features and technology advances over the years that make your car safer then adaptive cruise. Electronic power steering, traction control, backup camera, advance roll over airbags, automatic braking, Bluetooth, to name just a few. There are also cases where it can prove not so beneficial; When there has been a significant speed limit decrease, from say 100 down to 70, down to 50 and you change lanes into one with clear sailing. If your not on top of things, you will accelerate right up to 100 in the 50 zone. Another case is where a young driver has learned to drive using adaptive cruise in moms SUV and then gets a car of their own that does not have the option and BAMMMMM rear end someone on the hi way. First hand experience with both of these...
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For sure, these systems are not foolproof. It’s not my intent to undervalue to safety contributor of ABS,, traction control etc.
Adaptive cruise systems can reduce high speed highway collisions to near zero, when properly utilized.
Nothing else does that. Every other safety system in a vehicle reacts to the catastrophe already in progress, as opposed to preventing it from occurring.
Regarding your own rear ended experience, how’s your health? Any concussion or whiplash effects that haven’t gone away? That stuff is no joke.