CONTROL ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SPEED OF A DRIVER-OPERATED VEHICLE USING A CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM

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The invention is a control arrangement and method for extending predictive cruise control to driver-operated vehicles performing assignments with multiple temporary stops (e.g., garbage trucks, buses, delivery vehicles). By continuously predicting the next likely stop point from current GPS position and map-stored stop-point data, the system determines a driving strategy—optimised for energy efficiency, time efficiency, or driver comfort—that brings the vehicle to a predefined low speed (e.g., creep speed) at or just before each stop, allowing the driver to manually brake to a halt. The system also handles route uncertainty at intersections by predicting the probable route and applying a fallback strategy when no stop point lies on the predicted segment, and it can update map data based on actual driver stops to improve future predictions.

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