We continue shooting for bingo with the implementation of prevention technologies and autonomous driving in vehicles, this time related to an attack in Berlin, capital of Germany, which left no less than twelve dead and many injured. A number of victims that could have been significantly higher had it not been for the truck's autonomous stopping system, which activated the automatic brakes. This is the result of the latest investigations carried out in relation to the attack, the last added reason to begin to rely more and more on the implementation of prevention measures and autonomous driving in all vehicles.
The first investigations that flew through the media pointed to the fact that the Polish driver was able to fight the terrorist with the intention of avoiding the massacre. However, it does not seem that the media is willing to contradict itself now (informs us Gizmodo) saying that it was actually Scania's brand automatic braking system, and is that in the first place it emits sound alerts and after traveling between seventy and eighty meters it stops the truck automatically, thus avoiding that the slaughter would have been much greater.
In Nice, using the same attack method, with a truck that does not have this type of technology, thus producing the murder of no less than eighty innocent people. This automatic braking system is mandatory in 2012 for all heavy vehicles that circulate in the European Union since 2012, a regulation that has been expanded in turn in the United States of America, a clear example that not only consumers should bet by technology in driving, but also by the authorities, thus safeguarding the safety of all pedestrians and drivers.