Sunday, February 27, 2011

New A-and B-Class come with a collision warning

More than one accident is a collision. Almost half of this can be avoided by using radar-based security systems or reduced in severity. This is clear from the analysis of the Mercedes-Benz accident research. The company will therefore take over later this year also in the compact class leadership in innovation and introduce radar-based collision warning with adaptive brake assist on a broad front in the models of the new A-and B-class.

In contrast to the commercial systems in this class is in the brake-assistant for the next A-and B-Class is not a pure city system to minimize minor damage. The system focuses instead on the protection against typical rear-end collisions in all traffic situations. For decades, Mercedes-Benz working to prevent these injuries: Keywords here are ABS, Brake Assist, adaptive cruise control Distronic and their further developments.

For Mercedes-Benz was always the motto, innovative technology in the interests of road safety as quickly as possible to make widely available - even beyond their own models. Is among one of the Mercedes-ESP development of the standard equipment of almost all passenger cars, the next milestone in the "democratization" in automotive safety technology follows later this year with the introduction of the new generation B-Class and a little later the A-class.

In both models will be available worldwide for the first time in vehicles in the compact class is a radar-based collision warning with adaptive brake assist. Already enjoy Distronic Plus and Brake Assist Plus with Mercedes customers a high level of acceptance. This is also a recent survey of motorists whose vehicles are equipped with them.

87 percent of respondents rated the distance warning positive, 41 percent had one year holding period before an intervention of brake assist experienced Plus. The radar-based Collision Warning with Brake Assist detects an adaptive too close to the vehicle in the speed range between 30 and 250 km / h.

It also recognizes when the distance decreased. If a collision hazard, the driver is alerted visually and audibly. The system can also warn in the direction of stationary obstacles. It assesses driving conditions and fits - for example by moving traffic - the threshold for the warning and the adaptive brake assist at it.

In the case that he detected danger of collision is just the braking force is needed to ideally avoid the collision yet. It still uses the available distance to go to the full. Including the following drivers have a better chance of avoiding a collision in turn. Preventive safety systems such as Pre-Safe can be activated as required.

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