One redeeming factor for the Range Rover is that it has Land Rover‘s Adaptive Cruise Control. At least this makes the journey a little more tolerable. Cruise Control work by maintaining a steady speed. ACC does the same, until something gets in your way. Sensor on the front measure the distance between yourself and the car in front and if you get close it will back off the throttle. Get too close and it will apply the brakes.
Obviously, if you come up to the back of a tailback at speed it won’t have time to react, but in traffic that is continually slowing down speeding up, it keeps you a safe distance from the car in front. And setting your cruise control for just below the speed limit in roadwork means you won’t endanger workmen by driving too fast.
ACC was fine in heavy traffic, but if you wanted to move into another lane to overtake, it would apply the brakes if you already deemed too close to the vehicle you can overtaking. This makes for erratic driving. The remedy would be for change to driving style and pull out before caught up with the car front which, thinking about it, would make you better driver.
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