Slowing down to overtake.

I'm not referring to anyone. I'm just saying no ACC I've ever used is as slow as described in this thread. None I've never used matches speed with a car in the next lane.

"...Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) systems are designed to react to changing traffic conditions instantly, often faster than a human driver. They use radar and camera sensors to monitor the distance to the vehicle ahead in real-time and make adjustments to speed, including acceleration, deceleration, and in many cases, bringing the car to a complete stop. .."

Will it simulate some clown burying their foot in the floor? Why would anyone want that....

L plates are to let you know to have patience with a learner because they will be sloooow. So lets put leathers on a motorway to speed it up makes no sense.

You had a bad day? Calling lads clowns for accelerating as necessary to reduce inconvenience for other drivers?

No ACC I have used is as reactive as manual acceleration. It’s perfectly adequate when traffic is relatively light with plenty gaps in right lane traffic but does result in delays if trying to overtake slow moving traffic with 120kph traffic on right lane. However, calling it glacial is just another example of being over dramatic

I think that depends on the day and the moment. Some days lane 1 it's full of people merging and leaving, trucks etc. it's crawling. Other days it's the fastest moving lane. M25 in UK is similar. Maybe it's the nature of orbital motorway with lots of junctions in close proximity. Often all three lanes are bumper to bumper and at least in lane 1 it's easier to exit it. I'm often off at the tunnel or malahide and you have to move right and get in the right lane early in traffic.

I've just come in from driving it and it was light traffic both ways. One guy thought it would be cool to do about 150 in lane 1 undertaking all the other lanes all the way to M1.

On the M50 it's not uncommon for the overtaking lane to be crawling, you'd dream about 89.99999

Have to disagree with using Active Cruise on the m50. It leaves a safe distance to the vehicle in front, which in turn invites every b0llox to cut in front of you.

Yeah I don't have it myself. The missus's car has, but I don't drive it much and wouldn't really play with the settings.

Good advice though. Thanks.

😄 hard to disagree tbf. If people can’t master Bluetooth for there phones it’s hard to believe they could understand/operate ACC

Your theory is drivers too nervous to overtake are being slow when overtaking are using ACC to overtake instead. When ACC isn't slow like a nervous driver. Also a nervous driver will not have confidence to use ACC, and not on a motorway in traffic and not for overtaking.

"...Nervous or anxious drivers often lack trust in Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) because it removes a sense of direct control, which can increase, rather than decrease, their anxiety behind the wheel. ..'

I prefer dealing with reality than slavishly trawling the internet for theoretical support for your one dimensional view. For someone who demands unconditional support for your views on how flawless ACC is for the non clownish driver I’m a bit taken aback by your admission that your’re actually better able to deal with heavy M50 traffic than this flawless ACC

I'm just curious when some says something like ACC hesitates for ages, or people need training to drive on motorways does that actually track with facts or peer review studies.

Something like ACC is obviously subject to industry testing then 3rd party safety studies. Then theres loads accident studies on ages and accidents. Not many on motorways specifically but there are some.

Theres a big difference between how people drive on Irish Motorways and other countries like the UK. One big difference IMO is enforcement. UK are much tougher on progress on motorways and leave discipline than in Ireland. Orbital motorways excepted.

I can't remember ever seeing anyone pulled over in Ireland for holding up traffic. Not ever.

There are driving schools that will do motorway lessons. You should definitely lobby your politicians to make them mandatory for everyone. Good luck with that.

I made the same point earlier. My post was in jest.

The only enforcement on Irish motorways relates to speed. It’s easy to enforce and for some people is the only cause of problems on Irish roads. Some people get weak at the knees about people doing 130kph on a motorway but have no problem pottering along at 80 kph on the outside lane with no traffic on the left or driving along on the outside lane and diving across lanes just before an exit causing mayhem for everyone else.

I think we are also the only country in Europe that allows 50kph agri tractors to potter along on motorways causing a rolling roadblock everywhere they go.

Less of an obsession with speed and more on actually proper enforcement of the other rules that make motorways safe would sort out a lot of the messing currently to be found on Irish motorways

Oh holy joe