Interesting. The issues I refer to are; too long of a following distance in heavy traffic (So Ca) even when set too closest which allows constant "cutting in" and resultant braking, increasing speed when changing lanes and the car suddenly sees a greater distance (that is, between the two lanes) if it is following slower moving cars then then the speed it is set at, closing on a large truck in the next lane to the right as you go through a tight left turn (brakes as it sees the truck in the other lane even though your lane is open), in medium traffic while closing on a car in your lane it begins to slow making it difficult to pull to the left to pass as other cars are closing in the lane to the left. These are common problems to virtually all active cruise controls in the market. Has Ford actually conquered these? Do I need an extended test drive?
One of my current cars with active cruise among a host of other things will automatically brake to a stop, resume its speed, kick the trans down if the set speed is much higher then current speed and suddenly lots of open road ahead, steer slightly to maintain its lane while alarming during a non driver initiated lane change, full panic stop if collision is eminent, full ABS stop if under "panic' conditions the driver fails to fully depress the brake pedal, steer up to about 3 degrees to maintain intended coarse during a slide even if the driver fails to, alarm for blind spot, alarm for lane deviation, show multiple outside views and alter damping/roll stiffness/steering ratio in adddition common stability functions to prevent a spin. It still has those active cruise control problems.
Im not saying that Ford has not overcome these. I just find it hard to believe and wonder if I need to more completly investigate the Explorer active cruise control. Oh, can it be defeated and made to function as a normal cruise control?
