Adaptive cruise control is an in-car system that s designed to take all the stress out of driving. If that sounds good, then Walter Hagleiter at ADC, or Automotive Distance Control Systems, says, you have to see this. It automatically adapts your speed to the traffic flow, so that means you set your speed on a certain value and when you approach another car, your car will automatically de-celerate and adapt its speed to the preceding vehicle. Adaptive cruise control, or ACC, is simply an extension of regular cruise control. ADC engineers say, whether you like the feature or not, it does make driving safer.
Regular cruise has one disadvantage.
You always have to adapt your speed to the traffic flow. But, adaptive cruise control will do most of the braking and accelerating for you. Once you set your desired speed, you just sit back and relax. Well, sort of. After just a five-minute explanation on just how the system works, we set out on the freeways of Detroit to test it ourselves.