[t0mas88]

If that's true: What a total idiot in the police car.

With a car on lane keeping / cruise control you could slow down in front of it all the way to a stop and it will gladly stop behind you.

[MarkusWandel]

There was a news story here in town a few years back where a private citizen - not cop - brought a ghost car (driver passed out) to a stop by driving up in front of it, making bumper contact and then braking both to a stop. Not recommended! But can be done even without adaptive cruise control.

[barbazoo]

That might work!

> What a total idiot in the police car.

It's important to make sure we have all the context before making a judgement like this. My rule of thumb is that if I think something is obviously stupid, I'm probably missing something.

[Hikikomori]

Can safely assume that American cops are stupid, especially if they do this.

[BeetleB]

> With a car on lane keeping / cruise control you could slow down in front of it all the way to a stop and it will gladly stop behind you.

Blue Cruise, and I assume Tesla's FSD as well, will simply change the lane and go around you.

If the guy had a simple LKAS and adaptive cruise control on, then yes, you're right.

[MBCook]

Older systems including the older versions of Blue Cruise may not go around you, but you also don’t know if they even have radar cruise control enabled.

If it’s a simple enough system maybe it would just keep going the same speed no matter what until it hit you.

[sizzle]

GM supercruise will go around you too I have it