A Very Effective Anti-Terror Barrier [View all]

[PoiBoy]

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/watch-this-very-effective-anti-terror-barrier-absolutely-decimate-a-truck?utm_source=vicefbus

As terrorists in Europe turn to using vehicles like cars and trucks to maim crowds of civilians, the demand for anti-terror vehicle barriers is rising.

In Germany, for example, many city centres already feature subtle concrete anti-terror barriers, but as Motherboard Germany explained, these aren't strong enough to withstand the impact of larger trucks like that used in the Berlin attack last Christmas.

But a video has surfaced online that shows a truck smashing into a new type of barrier specifically designed to prevent attacks like those witnessed in France, Germany, and now Britain.

There's a real crash test dummy in this video though, the 48-year-old driver. He presumably had no idea just how well the barrier would work, and had to be airlifted to hospital.