Yet another use of a car as a weapon. For years cars have had air bags fitted which detect a frontal collision and immediately stop the car and blow the air bags to protect the occupants. When ever I read of a vehicle used as a mass murder weapon by driving into a crowd I think why can not the collision detector be used to slam on the brakes immediately and stop the car dead before the damage can continue. I know that a certain deceleration must be exceeded to activate the bags but surely any frontal impact is a 'Bad Thing' and an immediate stop is good. I wrote to a European Motor Safety board with this idea but there was no reply. Where can I pass on this idea?

If the cars being used had that safety feature, and it wasn't deactivated, then it should have worked in these tragic cases.

I suspect either the car did not have the feature, the full throttle overpowered the brakes, or it was purposely deactivated. There can be an option in the menus to turn them off. Usually, they automatically reactivate when the car is restarted.

Maybe in future AI enabled cars will identify and prevent this sort of thing. Telsa and others can identify people already.

1 hour ago, MrMorm said:

Telsa and others can identify people already.

some people, not all.

Thanks. AG Falco