Like regular cruise control systems that have been around for decades, adaptive cruise control keeps a vehicle cruising at a set speed selected by the driver. The system also maintains a set distance ...

The concept of cruise control in cars has been around for decades, but it's only been in the last 10 to 20 years or so that it's really come into its own as a vital feature. The overall goal of basic ...

Like conventional cruise control, adaptive cruise control maintains a desired speed set by the driver. However, adaptive cruise control (often abbreviated as ACC) makes things more convenient by ...

Cruise control has become one of the most common convenience features in modern cars. On long highway drives it reduces driver fatigue, helps maintain a constant speed, and lowers the risk of ...

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(National) Sept. 13, 2004 - Traffic clogs highways and slows everyone down, but some researchers think they have a way to make traffic tie ups disappear. Craig Davis, adjunct professor of physics at ...

While the auto industry wrestles with the semantics of self-driving and the technical shortcomings of systems that claim to take the place of the driver, it is reassuring to experience a technology ...

A new study from the IIHS claims that those who use adaptive cruise control tend to speed more than those not using it. To analyze how folks drive with adaptive cruise control, the IIHS provided a ...

Adaptive cruise control (ACC) is like traditional cruise control, but smarter. ACC systems allow you to set a desired speed until your vehicle encounters slower-moving traffic. Then it will brake to ...

Today’s cars don’t look all that different from the cars of 10, 20, or even 30 years ago, but once you delve past the drivetrain, the seating configuration, or the body style, you’ll find today’s cars ...