The Explosive Pedestrians powerup makes all pedestrians in the level explode upon contact. Any collision, no matter how soft, will make the body parts of a pedestrian fly off everywhere, granting a good amount of splatter bonuses. In Carmageddon: TDR 2000, in addition to breaking into pieces, the pedestrians literally explode, capable of damaging the car, so this powerup actually turns out to be a bad one in this game.