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Mercedes pile-up at safety demonstration


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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.

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