radar cruise control

noun

chiefly British

Examples of radar cruise control in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web All Crowns feature Toyota Safety Sense 3.0, which includes a pre-collision system with pedestrian detection, dynamic radar cruise control, lane-departure alert with steering assist, automatic high beams, and more. Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 15 July 2022 Available safety features include full-speed dynamic radar cruise control and intelligent clearance sonar with rear cross-traffic braking and blind-spot monitoring with rear cross-traffic alert. Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver, 14 Nov. 2021 Every Tundra also comes standard with Toyota Safety Sense 2.5, providing forward collision warning with pedestrian detection, emergency steering assist, radar cruise control, lane departure assist and automatic high beams. Karl Brauer, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2021 Mercedes is rightly proud of the many innovations that previous S-classes introduced, including anti-lock brakes (1981), stability control (1995), radar cruise control (1998), and all-LED exterior lighting (2013). Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 28 Oct. 2020 The steering wheel buttons skip tracks and change the volume, and toggle the radar cruise control. Alexander George, Popular Mechanics, 1 Sep. 2020 Of course, the e-Pedal also does not take over and slow the vehicle if the Leaf’s radar cruise control is active and the driver moves the foot off the accelerator pedal. G. Chambers Williams Iii, Houston Chronicle, 22 June 2018 Either can be had with a few semi-autonomous driving assist features, including radar cruise control and pedestrian-detecting automatic emergency brakes. Gary Gastelu, Fox News, 25 May 2018

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Word History

First Known Use

1980, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of radar cruise control was in 1980

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“Radar cruise control.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/radar%20cruise%20control. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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