Grandmothely car almost killed us

No, you didn't have a close call. You got (almost got, anyway) exactly what you deserve for your driving habits. Anyone within a mile of you had the close call, that they weren't nearer, and possibly KILLED because your poor habits..

 

I admitted my mistake; what do you hope to gain by being so toxic?

 

I am a very occasional visitor here and know Paul is one of the most toxic here and would not survive long on most forums.

 

Quite frankly Texans in big cities are used to these situations and have learned how to avoid them. Yes we have three lanes of cars drafting each other at 75 mph with no emergency lanes, usually because of construction, often due to three lanes being jammed into two permanently.

Its rather amazing that none of these drivers are trained in Nascar or Formula One. Luckily most are paying attention or else they would be history.

What does a guy in a drafting Prius do to avoid the situation? First you stay out of the left lane when no space exists. Second you never drive along side a semi pulling a trailer or other monster truck other than to quickly pass given enough space ahead. Third you then get in front or stay in back of the truck.

Lane keep fighting you? Just hold your ground and it will go where you want it to go. However swerving into a barrier at 75 just means you are going to bounce off it and become the cause of the massive traffic jam forcing the wreckers and ambulances to do their thing. No more Circuit of the Americas for you.

 

Yeah, driving with a gas can inside the car and an unsecured exposed battery in the back....what could go wrong

 

Noted

 

That's why I use the "brake tap" method to disable CC. It's universal across all car manufacturers. It's about developing reflexes that will work on ANY car that you drive, not just yours. You really don't want to be hunting for a button in an emergency. This comes in handy when driving rentals or a friends car. It lowers the chances of hitting something because you've gotten used to your adaptive cruise or blind spot monitoring and makes you a safer driver than most.

Just saying...

 

Tapping brake also gives a heads-up to anyone following.

 

i have no wish to live in a "padded room."

 

I think brake tap was the only way to cancel cruise on our older Fords without completely turning it off.

 

My wife bought a 1992 Camry when it was the best in class. I kept that in mind when I bought my 2002 Gen 1 Prius. Both used the same controls for the more important driving features. This commonality of control use came into play when deciding to buy the 2010 Camry, 2017 Prius and 2024 Prius.

OOPS. The gen 5 Prius did not have the same controls. Sigh.

My first response to reading this thread is that the driver in the original post evidently did not slow down when the incoming traffic joined the freeway. If he had used the brake pedal to slow down it would have disconnected the cruise control.

One of the nice feature of the smart cruise control is that it holds your car's speed steady when merging traffic is moving faster than you are AND at the same time, there is no risk of hitting the merging vehicle.

The situation that's really fun is zooming down the road in the slow lane at legal speeds and discovering the car's desire to take an off-ramp when the offramp is wider than the lane you are in.

 

it drives me crazy that our bolt and camry have ww wiper stalks that work in opposite directions.
seems to me this stuff should all be standardized for safety.
the new camry has a whle new set of controls from the 2013. cruise is a pain without the stalk.

 

I also miss the stalk(I was first introduced to one on my family's 1981 Mercedes 300D when we got it around 1990). Then 13 years using the stalk in my gen3.

But I also understand that adaptive/dynamic cruise control requires more buttons than what fits on a single stalk. And it's better to have all the buttons in one place instead of half on the stalk and half on the steering wheel. So I just sigh and deal with it.

And I'm absolutely not going to give up DRCC, because it's a f-ing great invention.

 

When the car automatically applies the brakes to make a stop, I assume the brake lights are on.

 

Last time I'll share a learning moment on here.

 

The difference is also in Subarus. Wonder if native driver side had a bearing in it being?

 

If it’s any consolation, I had no idea who you were talking to (till I opted to show ignored members).

 

You get the impression sometimes that you might be among friends, so you open up a bit. Then someone sees fit to kick you in the shins, and you realize you were wrong.

 

“Sometimes” that kick in the shins is just a good natured nudge, or a misinterpretation.

but yeah, I have a few jokers on ignore.