Talking about driverless cars recalls the futuristic initiatives of car manufacturers such as Tesla and even tech companies such as Google. It is part of an emerging high technology future that is both convenient and environmentally safe for motorists. But a recent report indicate that crude driverless car technology is now being used by ISIS to launch deadly terrorist bombings.
The ISIS driverless car was revealed in an instructional video that the terrorist group uses to train fighter turn a car into a remote controlled weapon used for bombing, as previously reported by HNGN. This new strategy will eliminate the need for suicide bombers who must sacrifice their lives in order to carry out attacks. In Iraq, for instance, suicide car bombings reach as much as 50 per week, and ISIS is poised to lose thousands of fighters in a matter of months to carry out suicide missions. This is a significant dent to the number of the terrorist group's fighters, which is estimated to be around 30,000.
The video, which has been edited to prevent people from copying the process, includes mechanisms that allow the steering wheel to be remotely controlled. A contraption is also installed that can hit the pedal for braking and acceleration. To complete the driverless car bomber, ISIS has included a foil-wrapped robot with a laser eye on the front seat as a ruse to fool infrared cameras, according to Popular Science.
The driverless cars could find its way to Western countries soon, according to Sky News. The video footage of the ISIS driverless car bomber was seized from a captured ISIS instructor who was on his way to Europe.
