Mercedes pile-up at safety demonstration

[johnnyangelb]

original link: http://www.askaprice.com/torque-article.as...ration&item=669

AUTHOR: Haje Jan Kamps
PUBLISHED: 16/11/2005


The new Mercedes S class has a sophisticated radar-based braking system - when it works. A TV demonstration ended up in a 3-car pile-up when the S-class' safety radar failed.

A German television channel got a bigger scoop than they bargained for when Mercedes showed up with three of their flagship vehicles - only to crash them into each other when a safety demonstration failed.

Full article at:
http://www.askaprice.com/torque-article.as...ration&item=669

[VenSeattle]

OH BOY... Talk about bad press.

[CSpec]

That's like the Blue Screen during the Windows 95 intro.

[Flybrian]

Irony. Like None Other.

[johnnyangelb]

This would make me Very hesitant with this system... what about bridges... tunnels... anything that has a lot of metal around you. I'd have a hard time trusting it. I guess it is good as a emergency safety system... just don't rely on it. Edited November 18, 2005 by johnnyangelb

[johnnyangelb]

That's like the Blue Screen during the Windows 95 intro.

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:lol: I remember that! What a great moment in time!

[rivieraranch]

Our salesman at Mercedes Benz told me (after he went back to a GM dealer) that when he came to work Monday Morning at the Benz place he saw the line of S classes at the service department and he would just cringe. . . . .

[balthazar]

Packard experimented with radar braking circa 1953. Didn't work then, either (actually, worked fine to avoid hitting a stationary object in the test facility, but got 'confused' out in the real world with too many 'input signals'), but at least their's didn't crash into 2 other of their own vehicles. mercedes; bah.

[pow]

So the moral of the lesson is, if you're Bond, and you plan on driving through a steel hall, don't do it in a new S-class. Nice.

[Flybrian]

You know, maybe this is God's way of telling us to just learn to freakin' pay attention when we drive...

[ToniCipriani]

That's like the Blue Screen during the Windows 95 intro.

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It's not 95. It's 98.

They plugged a USB scanner and then it crashed.