Hi,
Tom Moloughney of "State of Charge" was testing Ford Bluecruise 1.2 and was having problems with speed management around construction zones. He adjusted the upper range of the Ford equivalent speed control to the max and that turned off the random speed slow downs. So I tried it using Autopilot set to a high value at a known, phantom brake location:
Initial testing, it works with one side effect. The car has a tendency to adjust the cruise control speed up, a lot. For example, 70+ mph passing by a 55 mph speed sign. But the acceleration is slow enough to be caught and corrected.
Today was my first test but the results are promising as far as a known, reproducible "phantom brake." I still need to do some sensitivity testing as less than 30% may achieve the same effect without triggering the excessive speed setting to cruise control. Then there are random phantom brake events which will be harder to effectively test and document.
Bob Wilson
ps. Tom's YouTube video:
Tom Moloughney of "State of Charge" was testing Ford Bluecruise 1.2 and was having problems with speed management around construction zones. He adjusted the upper range of the Ford equivalent speed control to the max and that turned off the random speed slow downs. So I tried it using Autopilot set to a high value at a known, phantom brake location:
Initial testing, it works with one side effect. The car has a tendency to adjust the cruise control speed up, a lot. For example, 70+ mph passing by a 55 mph speed sign. But the acceleration is slow enough to be caught and corrected.
Today was my first test but the results are promising as far as a known, reproducible "phantom brake." I still need to do some sensitivity testing as less than 30% may achieve the same effect without triggering the excessive speed setting to cruise control. Then there are random phantom brake events which will be harder to effectively test and document.
Bob Wilson
ps. Tom's YouTube video: