cruise control

Also known as speed control, autocruise, tempomat

system that automatically controls the speed of a motor vehicle

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Within Vinony's link graph, cruise control is referenced by 319 other articles, and connects out to car, dashboard and engine control unit.

It is catalogued under topics including Automotive accessories and Automotive technologies.

Its subject is documented across 33 Wikipedia language editions.

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Commons category: Cruise control

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Encyclopedic overview

Common cruise control icon on dashboards specified by ISO-7000-2047, ISO 2575:2010, and ISO 6727. Another icon exists for the more modern adaptive cruise control, but some cars also use the cruise control icon for the speed limiter function, which has no standard icon.

Cruise control (also known as speed control, cruise command, autocruise, or tempomat) is a system that automatically controls the speed of an automobile. The system is a servomechanism that takes over the car's throttle to maintain a steady speed set by the driver.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “cruise control” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.