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 ...

With semi-autonomous active safety systems becoming commonplace, more and more vehicles are beginning to offer adaptive cruise control as either optional or standard equipment. You have probably seen ...

It’s not a stretch to call cruise control one of the earliest driving aids. It wasn’t always electronic, and it certainly didn’t make your grandfather’s 1982 Cadillac Seville autonomous, but it was a ...

PLYMOUTH, Michigan—Analysts and industry experts can disagree over when the trucking recession will end, but it's the fleets, managers, and owner-operators who have to make ends meet. One way carriers ...

Thomas has spent two years working in the auto journalism industry, contributing to a UK-based newspaper and writing for Euronewsweek. A full-time writer and lifelong engineering enthusiast, he now ...

Adaptive cruise control (ACC) is an intelligent form of cruise control that slows down and speeds up automatically to keep pace with the car in front of you. The driver sets the maximum speed -- just ...

Going back to its earliest incarnation, cruise control meant tugging on a dash- or floor-mounted mechanical throttle extension cable and giving it a twist to lock it in position. As rudimentary as it ...

Kenworth has made its Predictive Cruise Control standard on the T680, allowing the vehicle to use GPS data to increase fuel efficiency on certain types of terrain. Kenworth has made the Predictive ...