How to use cruise control safety

[guest5079]

Unfortunately there is a tendency to vere off subject but speed is relative. I live next to a children's play area which is very close to a junction. Our road is a cul de sac and yet motorists seem hell bent on seeing how fast they can get around the corner and most of the offenders are MOTHERS.
Speed checks on the main road that runs though the village reveal that the popular time for speeders is pre and after school again MOTHERS.
May I illustrate  the difference between  a modern car and an older one in relation to speed.
BMC 1100 travelling at less than the 30 mph limit collided with a drunk on a cycle travelling in the opposite direction just staying upright so combined speed was no more than 35mph. Drunk a cabbage and the 1100 written off. I dealt with this one circa 1977
I was standing on the corner of a main trunk ( marvelous what the blue suit does to speeding motorists) talking to one of my locals, when a small car approached from my right on the main road, one of my senior residents walked up to the junction and into the path of the small car. It is true it does happen in slow motion. He prescribed an arc over the top of the car, which stopped pretty quickly. Before I could get to the pedestrian, he  was up and walking away. (They don't teach you that one at training school) There was no question of the young lady driver having done anything wrong. She had recently passed her test and was hysterical. The pedestrian was 92 and suffered no injuries at all. I spent many weeks trying to help the driver as she was convinced it was her fault. The car modern, the date circa 1990. Is this why people take no notice of the lower speed limits because the modern car is so forgiving.

[guest6425]

Just to put the thread back on topic,I have a question.

Does the CC remember the last setting after you switch off, so if I set it for say 70, then a few days later engaged it again, would it remember or would I have to set it again (however you do that)

I should explain I've never had a car with cc before so it's all a bit new to me. For all I know you set it everytime you turn it on.

[Hobo]

For all I know you set it everytime you turn it on.

Correct, when I use the CC I always switch it off after use or before switching the engine off and leaving the car.

[guest6316]

Just to put the thread back on topic,I have a question.

Does the CC remember the last setting after you switch off, so if I set it for say 70, then a few days later engaged it again, would it remember or would I have to set it again (however you do that)

I should explain I've never had a car with cc before so it's all a bit new to me. For all I know you set it everytime you turn it on.

As far as I'm aware it doesn't remember your previous setting, once you have applied the brake the original setting is cancelled.

[Hobo]

As far as I'm aware it doesn't remember your previous setting, once you have applied the brake the original setting is cancelled.

Incorrect, if the cruise control is still on you can resume the set speed after using the brake or the cancel button by pressing the RES/ACCEL button.

[culzean]

As far as I'm aware it doesn't remember your previous setting, once you have applied the brake the original setting is cancelled.

Incorrect, if the cruise control is still on you can resume the set speed after using the brake or the cancel button by pressing the RES/ACCEL button.

that's correct,  car will accelerate back up to last set speed,  great if you press 'accel' at traffic lights when you forgot it was set at 70 

[culzean]

The car modern, the date circa 1990. Is this why people take no notice of the lower speed limits because the modern car is so forgiving.

Modern cars have a sloping bonnet and lower bumper in order to catch a pedestrian in lower legs and 'flip them up' onto the safety of the car rather than pushing them down and running over them (like taller flatter front on older cars and modern SUV / 4x4 fronts do ).

[Hobo]

that's correct,  car will accelerate back up to last set speed,  great if you press 'accel' at traffic lights when you forgot it was set at 70 

A hypothetical scenario as you have to accelerate to 40Km/h (25mph) before pressing the RES/ACCEL button will work.

[monkeydave]

Thanks for all the useful tips. I've now tried cruise control in various conditions and built up confidence about when to cancel it. Having been caught doing 39 mph at the end of a 30 going into 40 6 months ago, and doing a speed awareness course, I've found it most useful as a means of keeping to the speed limit on open roads.  What it's no good for of course is sticking to the widespread ludicrous 20 mph limits across my town.

I got caught in my jazz 37 in a 30! I do wish the cruise would engage at low speed

use the speed limiter then