Adaptive cruise control is an advanced safety feature that helps drivers maintain a safe following distance and speed. Here’s how it works. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from ...

Throughout the 20th century in particular, human transportation evolved in numerous major ways — both on the ground and miles above it. Cars became the norm, prompting the designation of roads and ...

Advanced driver assistance systems have gained in popularity over the past decade or so, with systems like adaptive cruise control and automatic emergency braking becoming fixtures in modern cars.

You can start relaxing on a road trip when you’ve escaped city traffic and reach a stretch of relatively open road that allows you to turn on the cruise control, set a speed, and give your right foot ...

Mercedes-Benz offers an array of advanced driver aids designed to help prevent collisions and reduce the chances of injury should one occur. One such feature is Active Distance Assist Distronic, an ...

A warning beep is helpful, but only if the sensor providing the information is accurate. That is not always the case. Here's how to keep those systems running at their peak.

In the 1970s, a lengthy Interstate trip could be both tedious and tiring due to those nasty 55 MPH speed limit signs, a part of the Emergency Highway Energy Conservation Act, signed by President Nixon ...

Chase Bierenkoven is a gearhead and writer based in Denver, Colorado. As the family lore goes, Chase's first word was "truck." Cars have been a problem ever since. By 16, Chase was spending his ...

Anyone who’s pulled a trailer for hours on the interstate knows how tempting that little cruise control button can be. Give your foot a break, lock in a speed, and just roll. Simple, right? Not always ...

The only thing worse than being stuck in a traffic jam is being stuck in a traffic jam that shouldn’t be there. "Phantom Jams" are those backups that occur on highways for seemingly no reason, then ...

Basic cruise control has been around for ages, but these days, a lot of new cars come with adaptive cruise control, which adjusts your driving speed to hopefully keep you a safe distance from the cars ...