mucker85:
i still can’t work out why the op is unable to set the cruise control themselves.
Is daf different to volvo, scania and iveco?
two 2 way buttons. one for off/resume and one for up/down
so when you get to the speed you want just click the up and it will set the speed. when you get going again just click resume and it will accelerate to the speed you have just set yourself.
There’s also the button where you set the maximum speed (Daf CF) upto the limiter of course… My lorry (sorry last lorry) did the opposite to the OP; 85kmh on the pedal but 89kmh on the CC. I always thought this was some kind of economy mode??
shuttlespanker:
gbtransp:
They are set at 85 kmh so you can set the automatic brake system (retarder) which kicks in 3 kmh faster, stopping the veh going over 90 kmh and getting an “overspeed”
Geoff
that is, of course, if the vehicle has got a retarder fitted 
Judging from some of the comments on here i’d say most trucks have retarders in them.
Why any employed driver would want to do less than 56 i have no idea, thats slow enough as it is!
schrodingers cat:
Pimpdaddy:
I really hate people who think wasting other road users time & endangering them by driving slow just to get a few quid extra in your pay packet is ok 
Like ‘stagedriver’ says stick to 56 like everyone else on the motorway, the limit is 60 for HGVs…!!!
One of the mechanics in our local dealer said to us it doesn’t really save fuel at all, it reduces instantaneous consumption but levels out because the engine has to run for a longer time I.e 56miles @ 56mph=1h, 56miles @ 50mph=1h6min. That extra 6 min still burns fuel & co2 emissions are produced, common sense but clearly management & some drivers are too stupid to figure that out-it’s called ‘false economy’…!
You seem to feel very free to call other drivers stupid, three words…POT KETTLE & BLACK.
Maybe you’re too stupid to understand that.
Isnt that three words and an abreviation?
Suprised you got away with using the b word tbh 
Saaamon:
Why any employed driver would want to do less than 56 i have no idea, thats slow enough as it is!
I do, probably some tesco prick who claims to be on £20+/hour wanting to milk it by wasting time & driving slow…
What’s with all the “drive flatout” posts? Must be some drivers with some sort of physical inadequacy?
In many cases, those who are daft enough to race about are also on less money and working for dodgy companies…
Muckaway:
What’s with all the “drive flatout” posts? Must be some drivers with some sort of physical inadequacy?
In many cases, those who are daft enough to race about are also on less money and working for dodgy companies…
Im not on for a “dodgy” company but you take your time where i work and you’ll wish you hadnt! I use to stick to the limits but it causes nothing but hassle…
Why is pottering along at 50-53mph a sign of being “sensible”? If everyone adopted that tactic we’d just end up with hundreds or thousands of trucks clumped together at 50-53. What then, be “Sensible” and drive down the M1 at 45mph? or even 40mph when the trend lowers further still.
robinhood_1984:
Why is pottering along at 50-53mph a sign of being “sensible”? If everyone adopted that tactic we’d just end up with hundreds or thousands of trucks clumped together at 50-53. What then, be “Sensible” and drive down the M1 at 45mph? or even 40mph when the trend lowers further still.
Here’s one reason why.
Cruise control + a “real trucker” = I’ve set it and I’m not going to knock it off until I am leaving the motorway.
The result, particularly at night, is clumps of lorries, exactly as you say, ridiculously close together because none of them
has the wits to work out that as they can go no faster, the only way to get out of the clump is to slow down.
I wish I had a pound for every time I have seen this, slowed down by three or four miles an hour until they are a safe distance away and then
marvelled at the unthinking stupidity of drivers willing to spend two or three junctions worth of motorway to end up a few feet in front of one lorry and a few feet behind another.
Every now and then, it all goes horribly wrong and we read “RIP drive”, yet again.
That is why, from time to time, it is sensible.
Regards,
Nick.
ncooper:
robinhood_1984:
Why is pottering along at 50-53mph a sign of being “sensible”? If everyone adopted that tactic we’d just end up with hundreds or thousands of trucks clumped together at 50-53. What then, be “Sensible” and drive down the M1 at 45mph? or even 40mph when the trend lowers further still.
Here’s one reason why.
Cruise control plus a “real trucker” = I’ve set it and I’m not going to knock it off until I am leaving the motorway.
The result, particularly at night, is clumps of lorries, exactly as you say, ridiculously close together because none of them
has the wits to work out that as they can go no faster, the only way to get out of the clump is to slow down.
I wish I had a pound for every time I have seen this, slowed down by three or four miles an hour until they are a safe distance away and then
marvelled at the unthinking stupidity of drivers willing to spend two or three junctions worth of motorway to end up a few feet in front of one lorry and a few feet behind another.
Every now and then, it all goes horribly wrong and we read “RIP drive”, yet again.
That is why, from time to time, it is sensible.
Regards,
Nick.
Yes but how slow are you willing to go to be the slowest on the road to keep out of harms way? 45, 40, 35? The slower the majority go, the slower you’ll have to go again. Where does it end?
There is no set speed, I do not refer to the driver who is often limited to 52 mph because of his lorry
or his company’s policy.
They are easy enough to spot and to overtake.
My point, which you have chosen to ignore, is that if you can go no faster to keep away from potentially
risky situations, there is no choice but to slow down, or, as so many do, carry on regardless of other traffic or impending
hazards because the cruise control is set to maximum and that’s where it’s going to stay.
It’s nothing but bad driving and shows no consideration for other road users who are obliged to change their course
and/or speed to accommodate the buffoon with the fixed speed mentality.
Regards,
Nick.
I can’t see what the problem is here ? You set the cruise control to what you want, it doesn’t have to be at a max. The Agency driver wants to impress your boss by driving faster and getting the job done quicker than you, I have experienced this many times throughout my driving life.
Just get to the speed you want, set the cruise and get on with it FFS.
robinhood_1984:
Why is pottering along at 50-53mph a sign of being “sensible”? If everyone adopted that tactic we’d just end up with hundreds or thousands of trucks clumped together at 50-53. What then, be “Sensible” and drive down the M1 at 45mph? or even 40mph when the trend lowers further still.
Yes, I agree really. I don’t understand what they mean.
Knocking it back a few clicks to let someone else past is perfectly sensible but I can’t follow if you’re going to have the vehicle at a set speed why a few km/h less unless you’re trying to save diesel.
I’m paying for the diesel but if I squeeze in an extra drop through saving time that’s going to trump the 52mph instead of 56mph fuel saving any day of the week.
Out of interest I wonder how many drivers that don’t set to max on a motoway set below 50 on a DC.
ncooper:
robinhood_1984:
Why is pottering along at 50-53mph a sign of being “sensible”? If everyone adopted that tactic we’d just end up with hundreds or thousands of trucks clumped together at 50-53. What then, be “Sensible” and drive down the M1 at 45mph? or even 40mph when the trend lowers further still.
Here’s one reason why.
Cruise control + a “real trucker” = I’ve set it and I’m not going to knock it off until I am leaving the motorway.
The result, particularly at night, is clumps of lorries, exactly as you say, ridiculously close together because none of them
has the wits to work out that as they can go no faster, the only way to get out of the clump is to slow down.
I wish I had a pound for every time I have seen this, slowed down by three or four miles an hour until they are a safe distance away and then
marvelled at the unthinking stupidity of drivers willing to spend two or three junctions worth of motorway to end up a few feet in front of one lorry and a few feet behind another.
Every now and then, it all goes horribly wrong and we read “RIP drive”, yet again.
That is why, from time to time, it is sensible.
Regards,
Nick.
At last someone with half a brain actually read the thread that i started.
tonypv12:
At last someone with half a brain actually read the thread that i started.
get stuffed, you started this by saying about having to take ‘your’ truck to the main dealer because YOU can’t work out how to set the cruise control.
shuttlespanker:
are you too stupid to realise that just because a cruise control is set at max 90KPh, you can actually set it to whatever speed you like?
just because the max is 90, you can still set it at 85 if you wish and you would be in the same position as you already are 
i can’t really see what your problem is with this
It scares me to think that people as dumb as this are allowed out unsupervised, not out on the roads, just out at all
Jesus dude get a life if you dont want to sit at 56 on the motorway then you see that little button that changes the cruise speed just knock it down a bit ffs!!!
tonypv12:
At last someone with half a brain actually read the thread that i started.
We had someone with half a brain,probably less, right from the start!
Saaamon:
newmercman:
shuttlespanker:
are you too stupid to realise that just because a cruise control is set at max 90KPh, you can actually set it to whatever speed you like?
just because the max is 90, you can still set it at 85 if you wish and you would be in the same position as you already are
i can’t really see what your problem is with this
It scares me to think that people as dumb as this are allowed out unsupervised, not out on the roads, just out at all
+1
I really do hope you two are referring to the OP 
Tonypv12 I really admire your tenacity, 3 pages for a wind-up not bad. .