Early April fool?

[Angus]

The motoring bit in todays Mail on Sunday reveals that the new VW Polo has a "post-collision braking system"

aka a tree/wall/other road user?

[Nigel]

It's real anti collision works on cruise control I believe

[TheInsanity1234]

Here's a link to the Euro NCAP website explaing how it works
http://www.euroncap.com/rewards/vw_mult ... brake.aspx
I must admit, I'm surprised it's taken someone this long to think they could do that.
I mean, the ESP in all cars are able to brake individual wheels e.t.c, so it should be common sense to create a system which detects whether the car is still moving after the airbag has been inflated, then sends a signal to the ESP to brake all the wheels.
Quite simple in it's logic. Probably fiendishly complex in the real world.