Really! The 5G Ranger does not have the Stop/Start feature on ACC. The Cruise drops out at like 35 mph.
A driver's concern while driving forward is what is in front of and next to them. And to a minor extend behind if they need to slow down for traffic or such, but more for oh shit that vehicle behind me can't, or ain't gonna, stop, can I safely evade impact. But any driver changing their speed or stabbing the brakes just because a vehicle is matching their speed behind them is just a dick. I love adaptive cruise, use it all the time, I set it to posted limit + 10% - 1MPH and as long as the car in front of me is somewhere between the posted limit and my speed, I just cruise behind them. I'll even go as low as 5 below depending on traffic or how far I'm driving. Ford programmed the safe distance in, if I'm unloaded with clear roads, as close as it'll let me set it. Rain or loaded truck, I add more distance.I really don't like ACC
I really don't like people racing up behind me then slowing to my speed and just sitting there when they could easily pass.
I get to show that hate for both by slowly slowing down when the ACC guy gets behind me. It's a game. Best so far was 76 MPH down to 57 MPH. Then they woke up and went around.
Was that you?
If the sensor is blocked, you can switch CC to Normal in the menus (Driver assist -> Cruise -> Normal).
My adaptive CC will remain active down to 10MPH. One night I wanted to see how high it would let me set the cruise, so I had it set at 100MPH for 30 miles, But was only going 55-60MPH behind my daughter's car though. My biggest disappointment with the CC is I can't disable traction control and still use it. I can fully disable the traction control in the Focus and CC still works.
When I Was getting paid to haul large quantities of liquid propane down public roads the company I worked for paid to fly me 600 miles and put me up in a hotel for 3 nights to take a drivers training course. The Smith Course.
The only "follow cushion" a driver is responsible for is the one in front of them. I've already said what a driver is if they feel the need to manage the one behind them.
I was in the right but died in the fire when somebody rear ended my truck full of LPG.
Oh, well that is really poor programming, or maybe a safety feature? But, only a safety feature though if they documented that as the reason that reverting the CC to a model that should not use the sensor that it would still reject to cruise to to expected poor road conditions along with sensor icing over. If not documented, poor programming logic that is checking the state of an unrequired sensor.
