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Busman747 · 31-08-2005, 23:22

Willow and I were travelling back from Morcambe last week. It was late evening with very little traffic so I set the Cruise Control to 75 mph in my Vectra and had a relaxing drive back to Accy. or so I thought!

I asked Willow what she would do to control the car should I be taken suddenly seriously ill while the Cruise Control is activated! (For those non-drivers, C.Con. is the ability to set the speed of the car so the foot can be taken off the accelerator without loss of speed)

She was aware that a touch on the foot brake would cancel it out and in fact also the clutch pedal) but because of the centre console, the pedals are well out of reach! She could reach round and turn off the ignition - but would lose power steering and in all probability would engage the steering lock as she would need to reach round the steering column! It looked like her only option would be to steer the car at 75 mph until she ran out of petrol!

I was seriously worried about this so delved into the hand-book on my arrival back at Accy - - and discovered a switch to disengage the C.Con!

It is NOT the rocker switch with the two circular markers, it is the thin unmarked plastic strip to the left which I thought was just the casing. This is the ONLY way for a passenger to turn off the Cruise Control, should the worst ever happen, I hope Willow remembers

31-08-2005, 23:22	#1
Busman747 Always EVIL within us Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Accrington Posts: 1,568 Blog Entries: 4 Liked: 40 times Rep Power: 1670	Cruise Control Willow and I were travelling back from Morcambe last week. It was late evening with very little traffic so I set the Cruise Control to 75 mph in my Vectra and had a relaxing drive back to Accy. or so I thought! I asked Willow what she would do to control the car should I be taken suddenly seriously ill while the Cruise Control is activated! (For those non-drivers, C.Con. is the ability to set the speed of the car so the foot can be taken off the accelerator without loss of speed) She was aware that a touch on the foot brake would cancel it out and in fact also the clutch pedal) but because of the centre console, the pedals are well out of reach! She could reach round and turn off the ignition - but would lose power steering and in all probability would engage the steering lock as she would need to reach round the steering column! It looked like her only option would be to steer the car at 75 mph until she ran out of petrol! I was seriously worried about this so delved into the hand-book on my arrival back at Accy - - and discovered a switch to disengage the C.Con! It is NOT the rocker switch with the two circular markers, it is the thin unmarked plastic strip to the left which I thought was just the casing. This is the ONLY way for a passenger to turn off the Cruise Control, should the worst ever happen, I hope Willow remembers __________________ Pray that there is intelligent life somewhere up in space, 'Cause there's Bu""er all down here on Earth - (Eric Idle)