Goose, and everyone else that responded: Read my post! I didn't say to use cruise on ice! I don't do it myself because you need to stay alert and cruise tends to make you relax.
What I did say, and I'll stick by it, is that you are less likely to spin out on cruise. It's a matter of simple physics: To spin out, one or both drive wheels must break traction. The first indication of that is an increase on the speedometer. A cruise control can detect a change in wheel speed of less than 1 MPH; no driver can do that. The first indication a driver has that a wheel is spinning is usually when the vehicle starts to slide sideways.
It is NOT true, as you say, that "if one driving wheel loses traction with the cruise set, the cruise will pull the throttle wide open to try to maintain speed." Think about it: The cruise control senses WHEEL speed, not vehicle speed. If one wheel spins, the cruise will sense an INCREASE in speed, and will cut the throttle until traction is regained. Try it sometime: engage your cruise control when you're on a patch of ice; you'll find that your car will not spin out even though you have very poor traction.
It's easy to speculate that an accident was caused by the use a cruise control, but without a black box in the vehicle there's no way to prove it.
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