Cruise control is a driverless cruise control system. With the help of it, the speed of the car is controlled during long trips, as well as on difficult sections of the road.
Instructions
Step 1
Modern cruise control systems perform several steps to establish the optimum vehicle speed. For example, they accelerate or decelerate it by 1 km / h with the push of a button. Thus, if you press the button five times in a row, the car will go 5 km / h faster. When you press the brake pedal or when driving at a speed of 40 km / h, the cruise control system is automatically deactivated.
Step 2
The cruise control system takes the form of a small computer, which is usually located behind the dashboard or under the hood. It connects to multiple sensors on the main on-board computer and to the throttle control. The throttle valve is controlled pneumatically, not by pressing the pedal. The throttle valve also regulates engine power by limiting the amount of air entering the engine. In good working order, the cruise control is able to quickly accelerate the car to the desired speed, without exceeding and maintain with a slight deviation, regardless of the load of the car or the angle of the road.
Step 3
Cruise control on most vehicles has controls consisting of On / Off, Set / Accel, Coast and Resume buttons. In the presence of a manual transmission, the system is connected to the brake pedal, pressing which leads to deactivation of the cruise control. On vehicles with an automatic transmission, the cruise control is switched on and off exclusively by pressing the On / Off button. The Set / Accel button allows the vehicle to maintain the current speed. Pressing again starts acceleration by 1 km / h. The Resume function is used to automatically return to the speed at which the car was moving before braking, and Coast causes the car to decelerate without the use of the accelerator and brake pedals. Each press of this button decelerates by 1 km / h.
