Intelligent speed control making me irritated.

[03GeeTee]

The annoying thing about lane centering is the constant warning to put keep your hands on the steering wheel, even when they are on there. I read (maybe here) that the steering wheel doesn't have sensors and you have to move the steering wheel a little to get the truck to realize your holding on.

I don't have lane centering/ adaptive cruise control on my Ranger, but have it on an f150. You can strap an ankle weight on the steering wheel in certain places and the weight will give the steering wheel enough resistance that it thinks you're holding onto it even when you're not touching the wheel at all. Then the lane centering/ adaptive cruise and adaptive speed limit all work together and it will basically self drive. It even takes curves just fine with no hands on the wheel.

*Not that I recommend doing that of course*

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[AugPal]

In Illinois there are car & truck speed limits on a lot of roads. You go by a 70mph sign and you're set at 70. A quarter mile later a sign says Trucks over so many pounds 60mph. Now you're set for 60mph.

 

[03GeeTee]

In Illinois there are car & truck speed limits on a lot of roads. You go by a 70mph sign and you're set at 70. A quarter mile later a sign says Trucks over so many pounds 60mph. Now you're set for 60mph.

I drive a lot of country roads where I live. There's one road with a 55mph speed limit, but you cross a small bridge with a sign that says "20 ton weight limit" and the truck thinks that the speed limit is now 20mph and will slam on the brakes

 

[OxygenMask]

I drive a lot of country roads where I live. There's one road with a 55mph speed limit, but you cross a small bridge with a sign that says "20 ton weight limit" and the truck thinks that the speed limit is now 20mph and will slam on the brakes

Now that's funny!!

 

[Havasu RR]

The annoying thing about lane centering is the constant warning to put keep your hands on the steering wheel, even when they are on there. I read (maybe here) that the steering wheel doesn't have sensors and you have to move the steering wheel a little to get the truck to realize your holding on.

That's correct. You have to wiggle the steering wheel every 30 seconds or so. He wants to know you're still alive

 

[NM Mike]

Despite my having no interest in having or using it, my Ranger has the sign reading feature that will change the cruise speed without my input. It is ridiculous to be going a few mph over the speed limit (in line with the traffic flow) and suddenly the vehicle slows down. And it is not a gradual slow down, but a major shut down. In most cases, it is not a change in the road speed, but just passing a sign. And sometimes it sees signs that are not even there. What happens when somebody is tailgating me, and this happens? I almost was hit in the rear while passing a semi, doing 86 in a 80 mph zone when this happened. How the BS do you turn this off? I have found nothing in the manual that addresses this issue.

There are 3 modes of cruise control for the ranger.
Standard or regular cruise control. Set your speed and it holds speed until you turn it off or hit the brakes.
Adaptive cruise control. Set your speed and the cruise control will slow you if needed to maintain a distance from the car in front of you. You can enable speed sign recognition without the vehicle adjusting speed based on the posted speed limit.
Intelligent Adaptive Cruise Control: this mode will adjust your speed based on the posted speed limit. You have the option to select a speed +- the posted speed limit.
So you can select the mode that suits you best for your driving conditions at the time, and you can enable sign recognition without it affecting your cruise control mode

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