[viraptor]

Ways this could fail:

- breaks are not even across the wheels, he spins and goes right back into the traffic, guy behind falls over after driving the other way into the barrier

- collision affects one of the front wheels of the car behind, that car turns into the traffic - minivan either separates or gets locked due to collision

- engine in minivan stalls after collision, break assist stop working, simply pressing the pedal is not enough to stop both cars

- due to the shape of cars' front and back, the car in the front gets hit and one of the wheels get locked, suddenly breaks; the car in the back has enough kinetic energy to hit and injure passengers sitting in the back

- ... I could go forever

As in other posts above - I don't want to say it was stupid / bad that he tried... It worked, everyone's fine, it's great. But for me, my family in the car is infinitely more important than potential damage that might be caused by an unknown person in an car that's under no control.

[points]

You still seem to be missing the point that the impact velocity is like <1mph if you do it properly.

If it looks like it's not going to work, you just speed up again...

[mike_organon]

"But for me, my family in the car is infinitely more important than potential damage that might be caused by an unknown person in an car that's under no control."

I'm glad someone remembered this. Saving someone else might be a good thing, but saving your own family is definitely heroic.