Method for preventing activation of resume function in a cruise control system

A control module-implemented method to selectively prevent a vehicle from resuming a vehicle set speed stored in memory of a cruise control system, comprising:

• the control module configured to execute the following steps, comprising:
• monitoring a vehicle speed;
• monitoring an accumulated distance traveled by the vehicle when the vehicle speed is within a low speed range;
• only when the vehicle speed no longer remains within the low speed range for an elapsed time period exceeding a maximum low speed violation time threshold, resetting the monitored accumulated travel distance until the monitored vehicle speed is within the low speed range;
• only when the vehicle speed is within the low speed range;
• comparing the accumulated distance to a minimum travel distance;
• and
• only when the accumulated distance exceeds the minimum travel distance, monitoring a vehicle turning maneuver;
• and
• only when the vehicle speed is less than a predetermined vehicle speed threshold, wherein the predetermined vehicle speed threshold is greater than an upper limit of the low speed range:
• comparing the accumulated distance to a threshold slow zone maximum distance;
• and
• only when the accumulated distance does not exceed the threshold slow zone maximum distance, comparing the vehicle turning maneuver to a threshold slow zone maneuver;
• and
• selectively preventing resumption of the vehicle set speed if the vehicle turning maneuver exceeds the threshold slow zone maneuver.