[prydey]

What I would like to have happened is active and passive safety ranked separately.

How a car behaves in a crash is still what most people think of when they think ANCAP.

The ability to 'boost' the rating by adding passive safety features is misleading.

Passive safety is important and you could argue, more important, but it should be rated in its own right, with the passive systems tested, just like the active systems are.

That way buyers get a much clearer picture.

It's clear that there is no standard when it comes to how the systems are implemented and calibrated. My only experience is with our ford escape and I've never felt I need to turn anything off. Sounds like other manufacturers have systems that are more obvious??

If the inclusion of these systems can get you an extra star then they should be tested to a standard. Just having them shouldn't be enough.