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In the UK, cruise control is virtually useless due to the traffic density, in the USA however it's a blessing. I find that it's also very useful on French Autoroutes in the M/H where traffic density is low and long distances are regularly covered.

framptoncottrell

RichardnGill

Must admit I use the cruise when ever possible, Up north in the UK it's no problem either. Some times in light traffic I have not had to touch the peddles for over an hour. It gives me a better relaxed drive.

I am due for a new car next year and that will have cruise on as well.

Richard...

Pusser

I use it now and again on car and m\home. I do use them now and again mainly to stretch legs and give foot a break. It is I feel a weird feeling when it accelerates by itself and deaccelerates. Makes me feel like a passenger and brings out my back seat driving skills.

wobby

Have to say that I use it all the time whilst touring around France, very useful when I need to go to the loo or make a cup of tea. Wink

Wobby

mandyandandy

Andy swore he would never use it when we found out we had it on the van as standard.

Huh!! drives me mad now click! click! all the time as we go up and down in speed to keep with traffic flow , constantly disturbing my sleep pattern. Smile

Have to say not as bad as the sat nav warning on speed camera's though that nearly shoots me out of the seat with its bleeping.

Mandy

Chigman

IrishMike

Hi,
I have Cruse control in the car and use it all the time.
In fact I quite often use it in towns to stop me drifting over the speed limit.
There are a lot of roads here that have a low limit but the roads feel naturally faster and I often find my self and other traffic a lot higher than the limit. With the number of speed cameras and checks they do, it helps. (Of course it is not used in heavy traffic.)

I also would love to have it on the Van as I find in the car that long journeys are much faster maintaining they steady speed rather than constantly speeding up and down.

Bagshanty

I had cruise control on a hire car years ago, and found it useless on motorways because of the congestion. So I was unsure about having it on the mh, however, because speeds are low than a high performance car, I find it invaluable.

I was unaware that it was illegal in Belgium, though. I hadn't seen any such signs, only a few "HGV drivers disengage cruise control now" at certain points, such as on downhill stretches.