Sentences with phrase «when slower traffic»

The Fusion Hybrid also offers adaptive cruise control which is intended to maintain proper following distance when slower traffic is detected ahead.

Shift paddles let you select four different driving modes: (1) automatic for unobtrusive performance; (2) minimal brake regeneration for highway cruising; (3) maximum brake regeneration for optimal off - throttle deceleration in traffic and during sporting driving; and (4) an automated mode with radar - optimized cruise control to apply the brakes when slow traffic is sensed ahead.

The comedian was a passenger in a limo - bus with two other comedians and another man on the New Jersey Turnpike in Mercer County around 1:00 AM on Saturday when slow traffic ahead of them forced the driver to slow down.

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That was when I kept it in Eco mode, which works just fine for poking along in slow traffic.

Retailers also have become more efficient at scheduling more workers to be on duty during times when consumer traffic peaks, and reducing staff during slower periods.

The data seems to serve as a cautionary tale for publishers that have hitched their wagon to Facebook, only to get hit when the social giant's traffic firehose slows to a trickle.

Dunkin's slower traffic numbers during the third quarter, and harsh reaction to them by Wall Street, could be a sign of things to come when franchisee - led fast - food restaurants such as McDonald's (MCD), Wendy's (WEN), Buffalo Wild Wings (BWLD) and Restaurant Brands Group (QSR) owned Burger King report earnings in the weeks ahead.

In early December, on its third quarter conference call when the company said revenues jumped 20 % and earnings totaled $ 66.1 million, up about 15 %, Lululemon also lowered its fourth quarter sales guidance — once again citing slowing traffic trends — from $ 565 million to $ 570 million.

For Small Business Ideas Blog, traffic grew at a slow rate when there was no strategy at all.

Jones started on the pole and led a race - high 260 laps, but Kyle Busch was able to pass Jones for the lead with 56 laps remaining when the 21 - year - old rookie bobbled as he maneuvered through slower traffic.

Golf writers will remind you of it every slow traffic week when they try to justify the relevance of their post about him.

The state Department of Transportation has warned motorists to expect slow and stopped traffic when encountering the transports.

By BOB HOLMES You're cruising down a crowded motorway when, suddenly, traffic slows nearly to a standstill.

For instance, the computer model produced both the «shock waves» of congestion that travel backwards down motorways and create traffic jams where there is no obvious obstruction («When shock waves hit traffic», New Scientist, 25 June 1994), and the «slow fast - lane» effect, in which so many drivers move into the overtaking lane in frustration at the middle lane's lower speed that the middle lane becomes the fastest - moving.

When you start looking at not just whether you're sneezing but whether you're a jerk, your brain was slow and cruddy and you yelled at your kids and you weren't nice to your boss and you cut that guy off in traffic and ran the red light.

We get frustrated when our Internet connection slows, when it takes too many rings until someone answers the phone, when traffic isn't moving quickly enough, when a delivery isn't «on time.»

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Whenever we had to slow for a turn or pull up at a traffic light, the engine threatened to die, but when that Chevy hit the open road with the engine wide open, it felt like we were strapped to a rocketship blasting off for Planet Punani.

It's the extra confidence you get when you lift off in traffic and the gears tug against the driving wheels and assists you in slowing the car effectively.

I'd noted from the window sticker that my test car was equipped with optional radar - guided adaptive cruise control (part of the $ 1,100 Safety package) and was curious how the system would deal with the manual transmission when traffic ahead forced the car to slow down.

It is useful where the traffic is slow, like the ring road in Beijing where the average speed is now slower than it was when bicycles were the primary transportation device.

It's a delightfully tactile, communicative sports car that's easy to drive in slow - moving traffic but comes vividly alive when wanted.

(was also using a hell of a lot more petrol than it usually does) and when going slow it would start vibrating and nearly stalling (i hated traffic lights in it) twice it actually did completely stall.

«The slow, clumsy tip - in makes me lose confidence when I need to merge into traffic.

A bad water pump will overheat an engine really quickly because there is insufficient coolant flow, a broken cooling fan usually only becomes a problem when a car is stationary or in slow traffic.

When I step on the throttle in second gear to chase Weiner back onto the highway, the» Vette coughs, slows, and finally stalls in the middle of rush - hour traffic.

It only seems to happen when slowing on an off - ramp after an extended time on the freeway with no traffic.

The only other traffic consists of slightly slower cars that move immediately to the right when I flash my headlights.

Seems like a small problem, but it got old very quickly when trying to pass slower traffic on country roads.

Mercedes engineers point to the system's usefulness in traffic jams, and when we later were stuck in a slow crawl on the way back to Stuttgart, we could see their point.

Land Rover claims a respectable 0 - 60 mph time of 6.4 seconds and a healthy 50 - 75 mph passing performance of 4.7 seconds, which came in handy when the time came to go around slow - moving traffic on a twisty two - lane.

When you're cruising on the highway or traveling in slow - moving traffic, this system will help keep your vehicle a set distance from the one in front should it slow or stop.

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PFCW senses not only the relative velocity and distance of a vehicle directly ahead, but also of the vehicle travelling in front of that one, providing audible and visual warnings when it detects traffic slowing ahead.

But frustrations arise when you require a sudden burst of acceleration — not uncommon on undulating roads like these, thick with slow - moving farm traffic — because there's a lengthy delay before the transmission finds the most appropriate of its closely packed ratios.

Sitting in gridlock, it lags when traffic starts moving again — then the boost comes on and the trans grabs, launching you forward, requiring a hard stab of the brakes when everyone slows again because the transmission doesn't seem to want to coast.

During highway driving it effortlessly merges into traffic and happily provides an extra burst of speed when you press on the gas to pass slower vehicles.

Despite its astonishing power when your foot is fully down, the GT3 is still remarkably civilised at low speeds and is happy to trickle along in slow traffic.

In slower heavy traffic the 6 cylinder tends to transition meekly in auto or too aggressively when downshifted with paddle and changing lanes (a steady medium is hard to find when passing slow vehicles that are typically geared better for commuting at rush hour).

Intelligent Cruise Control is also an extremely sophisticated feature, allowing for automatic slowing in heavy traffic and speeding up again when traffic clears.

Adaptive cruise control automatically slows down your car and then brings it back up to speed when traffic gets moving.

It's a fun track to drive but when you get into a race situation with traffic, it can be frustrating and stressful if you're stuck behind a slower GT car or trying to hold off a prototype in certain sections.

I noted how this system actively accelerated when I hit the turn signal and began a lane change to pass slower traffic, mimicking what I would do under similar circumstances.

In the meantime, existing traffic engineering countermeasures such as red light cameras and roundabouts also appear to get drivers to slow down and pay more attention to surrounding traffic (see Status Report special issue: red light running, Feb. 1, 2011, and «When roadway design options are wide open, why not build a roundabout?»

When driving in slow - moving traffic or traffic jams, the driver is able to safely move along with the flow of traffic and let the vehicle's automatic systems handle the tasks of stopping, pulling away again and approaching junctions where there are already vehicles waiting ahead.

I found the Expedition to have good acceleration from a stop and when passing slower traffic on the highway.

When its radar sensor detects traffic slowing ahead, your vehicle also slows down.

The optional Adaptive Cruise Control system makes highway driving easier by automatically slowing the vehicle when radar detects traffic ahead.

The GT class drives round in a high speed train and it only really gets broken up when there's an incident, or when you come against faster or slower traffic.

It can accelerate and brake autonomously in slow - moving congested traffic, stopping and starting when necessary.