Collision avoidance fail?

[FlabbyMidgets]

Was on my way to work today when I was joining the M4. I was still on the slip road. New Passat to my right in lane 1, sort of in my blind spot, planned to slow a little a slip into the big space behind it. All of a sudden I hear a squeeze. The Passat has completely slammed on the brakes, Abs working it's best, and it just stops in lane 1. It must have been maximum braking. Some cars a few seconds behind the Passat looked very close to having a rear end accident with the now stationary Passat.

I'm guessing the collision avoidance faffery detected me, thought there was to be a collision, and slammed on the anchors? Hypothetically, if this caused a collision, could VW be responsible perhaps?

Edited by FlabbyMidgets on Tuesday 27th June 21:38

[FlabbyMidgets]

lucido grigio said:

I'm guessing the Passat was on your right ?

Correct. Edited op

[FlabbyMidgets]

There was a fair gap in front of the Passat, but it would have required a fair bit of acceleration to do so safely, the gap behind it was perfect. Passat was just in the corner of my eye, his front bumper was I'm guessing in line with the middle of my door. Not sure if his radar would pick me up there. I'm genuinely surprised there was no accident, especially as it was nearly rush hour, with somewhat heavy traffic behind us. 2 Lane motorway too, would have been an absolute nightmare