An obscure E.U. regulation may have saved lives in the Berlin Christmas market attack

The truck attack on a Christmas market in Berlin last week may have been cut short when the truck automatically deployed its brakes, the result of European Union regulations that require automatic braking systems on large trucks. The new detail, revealed jointly by Germany’s Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper and broadcasters NDR and WDR on Tuesday, may explain why the truck […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/12/29/an-obscure-e-u-regulation-may-have-saved-lives-in-the-berlin-christmas-market-attack/