A monitoring and emergency system for motor vehicles, comprising: a plurality of sensors arranged on control and/or actuating means of the motor vehicle; evaluating means for evaluating the output signals of said sensor elements; and signalisation means providing control signals to signaling transmitter means and/or operating means of the motor vehicle, said control and/or actuating means comprising a core and an outer cover at least partially covering the core, sensor elements (40-43; 51) being embedded between the core and said outer cover thereof and distributed over a substantial portion of the outer surface of the control and/or actuating means, said sensor elements comprising resilient means (44, 45; 51) elastically biasing the outer cover away from the core, said sensor elements providing an output signal on deforming the outer cover in a direction towards the core, wherein said resilient means being formed by am inner rubber layer, wherein between the core and the inner rubber layer a conductor element is disposed having contact bosses extending into recesses of the inner rubber layer, the height of the contact bosses being less than the thickness of the inner rubber layer, in that between the outer rubber layer and the outer cover (1, 2) a further conductor layer having contact bosses extending into recesses of the outer rubber layer is disposed, said contact bosses having a height which is less than the thickness of the outer rubber layer, characterised in that said resilient means are further formed by an outer rubber layer, wherein between the outer rubber layer and the outer cover a further contact track is disposed having contact bosses extending into cut-outs of said outer rubber layer, said contact bosses having a smaller height than the outer rubber layer. a plurality of sensors arranged on control and/or actuating means of the motor vehicle; evaluating means for evaluating the output signals of said sensor elements; and signalisation means providing control signals to signaling transmitter means and/or operating means of the motor vehicle, said control and/or actuating means comprising a core and an outer cover at least partially covering the core, sensor elements (40-43; 51) being embedded between the core and said outer cover thereof and distributed over a substantial portion of the outer surface of the control and/or actuating means, said sensor elements comprising resilient means (44, 45; 51) elastically biasing the outer cover away from the core, said sensor elements providing an output signal on deforming the outer cover in a direction towards the core, wherein said resilient means being formed by am inner rubber layer, wherein between the core and the inner rubber layer a conductor element is disposed having contact bosses extending into recesses of the inner rubber layer, the height of the contact bosses being less than the thickness of the inner rubber layer, in that between the outer rubber layer and the outer cover (1, 2) a further conductor layer having contact bosses extending into recesses of the outer rubber layer is disposed, said contact bosses having a height which is less than the thickness of the outer rubber layer, characterised in that said resilient means are further formed by an outer rubber layer, wherein between the outer rubber layer and the outer cover a further contact track is disposed having contact bosses extending into cut-outs of said outer rubber layer, said contact bosses having a smaller height than the outer rubber layer.