I have cruise control in my vehicle. With a touch of a button, the system is activated, and as soon as I reach my desired speed, I set it. Perfect for all the long highway driving I do.
But. Do I need to keep toggling the cruise control system on and off? Is it bad to be driving around the city to have the cruise control system on but not in use? Is this damaging on anything? Is the fact that the on/off button exists useless?
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Keeping the cruise control button On but without cruise control actually engaged is not going to be a problem mechanically speaking. It’s not doing anything to your car.
Typically it takes 2 actions to engage CC – one to switch it On, one to Set it to maintain your current speed. At least that’s how it is in the cars I’ve seen. Leaving it on constantly reduces that to one action which you might perform by accident. So you slightly increase your risk of accidentally engaging it. If your car only has one button that does both actions, it probably makes no difference to this risk. You’ll also have the light saying it’s on when it’s not which could be annoying.
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