Re:Police Say Uber Is Likely Not at Fault for Self-Driving C...
by TheCoelacanth on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @02:56PM
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> It sounds like cruise control is dangerous to use in Germany, based on your description. My 2012 VW GLI certainly did not stay within 3km/h of the set speed when utilizing cruise control.
You don't need to stay within 3km/h of the speed limit to follow the law. You need to stay below 3km/h over the speed limit. So if your cruise control has a variance of 5km/h, you should set your cruise control at 2km/h below the speed limit.
> If you want to be in a situation that is more dangerous than going 3mph over the limit, sure. If everyone was going 6mph under the limit this would be fine, but staying closer to the speed of traffic around you is less likely to cause accidents than going significantly slower.
Unless your cruise control has a significantly larger variance than all of the other vehicles, you should be fine because everyone else should be setting their cruise control to roughly the same thing as you.
You don't need to stay within 3km/h of the speed limit to follow the law. You need to stay below 3km/h over the speed limit. So if your cruise control has a variance of 5km/h, you should set your cruise control at 2km/h below the speed limit.
> If you want to be in a situation that is more dangerous than going 3mph over the limit, sure. If everyone was going 6mph under the limit this would be fine, but staying closer to the speed of traffic around you is less likely to cause accidents than going significantly slower.
Unless your cruise control has a significantly larger variance than all of the other vehicles, you should be fine because everyone else should be setting their cruise control to roughly the same thing as you.