Mercedes offering sophisticated car safety technology

Sophisticated automobiles featuring smart control technology look set to help reduce the rate of serious injuries and fatalities on the road network, as well as improving traffic flow. Tests on a new system from Mercedes have shown the technology can avoid an impact with another vehicle. This system brings the vehicle to a complete stop from speeds of up to 40km/h, without the driver having to take any action. The automatic braking package is being fitted to the latest version of the Mercedes C- Class. The
July 21, 2014 Read time: 2 mins

Sophisticated automobiles featuring smart control technology look set to help reduce the rate of serious injuries and fatalities on the road network, as well as improving traffic flow. Tests on a new system from 2796 Mercedes have shown the technology can avoid an impact with another vehicle. This system brings the vehicle to a complete stop from speeds of up to 40km/h, without the driver having to take any action. The automatic braking package is being fitted to the latest version of the Mercedes C- Class. The system features a combination of advanced sensors and sophisticated software.  This allows it to avoid collisions at speeds twice that of earlier technologies offered on the market. Meanwhile Japanese firm 2454 Nissan Motor is working on cars that will traffic-jam pilot and automatic parking systems by the end of 2016. These will be followed in due course by more autonomous driving technologies such as controls allowing safer driving on congested highways with multiple-lanes. The firm intends to roll this technology out by 2018.

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