Would you ride in a car with this man?

But on the auto parking, you have to control the brakes manually
Today while I was driving on the highway there was a car in front of me that kept hitting its brakes. For a while I couldn't figure out what was going on, beause the car in front of it didn't seem to be changing speed at all, and the car that was braking all the time didn't seem to be following that closely.

Then I realized that it was a Lexus, and the issue was probably the radar cruise control that you can get on a Lexus. I remembered hearing on Top Gear that it would activate the brakes to keep the distance between you and the car in front of you, and I have to agree with Clarkson's assesment that it is pretty stupid. If a car is cruising on the highway the brake lights should not be turning on. At minimum it makes someone think there is a problem where there isn't one, and it could make traffic worse since some people will instinctively hit their brakes when they see brakelights.

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