Ot: VW GSW adaptive cruise control

[eddief]

So I was playing with it today and it sorta scared the bejesus out of me as I was in stop and go-ish kind of traffic on the freeway. It seemed to be doing a good job of applying the brakes at the right time, but I wondered if it was programmed to truly "ensure" that I won't bang into the car in front of me.

I do assume the brake lights are going off and on as the brain is automatically applying the brakes.

[jimwhimpey]

Piece by piece it's getting automated.

[znfdl]

If you have the driver's package, then you also have crash avoidance, which ensures that the car will automatically brake as soon as possible. I doubt it is 100% effective (assertion) e.g. factors of speed etc.

In your case, I would say yes (assumption).