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Several hi-buck companies offer this feature on 2006 models. Apparently it's filtering very quickly down to more affordable cars in 2007. Benz claims to be the coolest in that theirs works all the way down to 0mph. So you can be stopped in a traffic jam, engage the active cruise-control (or whatever they call it) and when the car in front of you starts moving, you start moving too, automagically.

In a few years I expect that I'll be in the market to retrofit such a system to all my cars. Hope it will be possible. I think it will be very desirable and soon will be provided with all cars. Look at it negatively: what car company could take the risk of providing a non-adaptive cruise control, like what we get today, at the risk of being sued when there's a head-on collision because someone was not paying attention with the cruise engaged?