Cruise control is one of the marvels of modern automotive engineering. Once you are at the speed limit, you simply set the control and it takes over. A blind man could drive the car for all the effort it takes to hold the speed constant. Maybe that is the reason a blind man by the name of Ralph Teetor invented it.
It was for me (a frugal person at heart) a rather expensive option. Not as bad as when it first came out and was limited to your top-of-the line automobiles like Chrysler Imperial. Cruise control remains an option for fewer and fewer vehicles. All I wanted was an automobile to take me from point A to point B at a reasonable cost. Said cost, of course, required a decent mileage. As you can see, my life style became as dull as my accounting profession.
Today many of your newer ca
