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Cruise control
System that automatically controls the speed of a motor vehicle / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Cruise Control (disambiguation).
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.
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