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eptcyka • today at 1:46 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

Why not move the gas pedal too, when using cruise control then?

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manarth • today at 2:15 PM

    > "Why not move the gas pedal too?"
I'd support that. It does feel unusual in most cars' cruise control that you can push the accelerator to three-quarters of its travel before you start to accelerate (e.g. if cruise control is at 50–60mph).

If you push the gas pedal, you'd expect to go faster, wouldn't you?

creaturemachine • today at 3:30 PM

They used to, but not by design. Back when throttles were still cabled I could feel the cruise control doing its thing by lightly resting on the pedal.