Stop & Go Cruise Control one thing I dont get?
With a months experience now using Stop/Go Cruise almost exclusively (probably 95% of all the time Im driving, either in traffic jams, normal suburb roads, or freeways), one thing I really dont get is why Headway Control Mode is so very short while you are stopped?
As you may know, while under Headway Control (the time when the Radar is actively controlling your distance behind the vehicle in front of you and is stopping you as required), it brings you to a complete stop and waits a few seconds, ready to accelerate again when traffic starts moving. But it only waits for 4-5 seconds, after which it goes into Hold Mode, automatically keeping you from creeping without you having to keep your foot on the brake.
Thats when the magic automation stops, (for no apparent reason), and as the traffic starts moving again, you must take active control again and resume.
But it would be so much more valuable if it stayed under Headway Control the whole time you waited for the red light to change, and then automatically accelerated again, more fully automating the whole process. (So for example you could pay more attention to your phone / radio / messages and not waste time starring at the traffic in front of you, then its gentle acceleration would alert you to start driving again.
Clearly there is no technical reason for this unfortunate behavior; it could only require another Personnel Setting like:
Stationary Headway Control Auto-Off after:
5 Seconds (Default) 30 Seconds 1 Minute 3 Minutes
Of course I know it is implemented like it is because it is all about legal issues. The auto manufacturers fear of liability revolving around the growing semi-autonomous driving aids. Interestingly, it appears that all of the auto manufacturers Ive looked into (Volvo, GM, Ford, etc.) ALL appear to have implemented Stop & Go Cruise Control EXACTLY the same way, with that built-in automatic disengage of Headway Control at a standstill after 4-5 seconds.
I get why almost all auto manufactures (in their Lane Keep Assist or Auto-Pilot) steering systems, require active ways to force you to periodically take steering control after 10-20 seconds or so, but Im talking about the period while youre STANDING STILL!
I cannot see any logical or legal reason why Stationary Headway Control is OK for 5 seconds, but not for 1-3 minutes?
With a months experience now using Stop/Go Cruise almost exclusively (probably 95% of all the time Im driving, either in traffic jams, normal suburb roads, or freeways), one thing I really dont get is why Headway Control Mode is so very short while you are stopped?
As you may know, while under Headway Control (the time when the Radar is actively controlling your distance behind the vehicle in front of you and is stopping you as required), it brings you to a complete stop and waits a few seconds, ready to accelerate again when traffic starts moving. But it only waits for 4-5 seconds, after which it goes into Hold Mode, automatically keeping you from creeping without you having to keep your foot on the brake.
Thats when the magic automation stops, (for no apparent reason), and as the traffic starts moving again, you must take active control again and resume.
But it would be so much more valuable if it stayed under Headway Control the whole time you waited for the red light to change, and then automatically accelerated again, more fully automating the whole process. (So for example you could pay more attention to your phone / radio / messages and not waste time starring at the traffic in front of you, then its gentle acceleration would alert you to start driving again.
Clearly there is no technical reason for this unfortunate behavior; it could only require another Personnel Setting like:
Stationary Headway Control Auto-Off after:
5 Seconds (Default) 30 Seconds 1 Minute 3 Minutes
Of course I know it is implemented like it is because it is all about legal issues. The auto manufacturers fear of liability revolving around the growing semi-autonomous driving aids. Interestingly, it appears that all of the auto manufacturers Ive looked into (Volvo, GM, Ford, etc.) ALL appear to have implemented Stop & Go Cruise Control EXACTLY the same way, with that built-in automatic disengage of Headway Control at a standstill after 4-5 seconds.
I get why almost all auto manufactures (in their Lane Keep Assist or Auto-Pilot) steering systems, require active ways to force you to periodically take steering control after 10-20 seconds or so, but Im talking about the period while youre STANDING STILL!
I cannot see any logical or legal reason why Stationary Headway Control is OK for 5 seconds, but not for 1-3 minutes?