Mercedes-Benz Hopes To Add Auto Swerve Technology In Five Years

Mercedes-Benz is working on a new safety system than can automatically steer around pedestrians to avoid accidents.

Ulrich Mellinghoff, head of safety development at Mercedes, says it's likely to appear within the next five years.

Talking to What Car? at the Detroit motor ahow, Mellinghoff told us that in 80% of accidents with people, just 20% of a car's frontal area hits the pedestrian.

This means it would take only 40-50cm of movement for a Mercedes to automatically swerve around a pedestrian that had been detected by the car.


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DaHarder - 1/19/2010 9:55:40 AM

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The Greater Questions Are:

What will 'swerve protection' ultimately be steering in to, a wall... another vehicle?

Would one rather intelligently control the vehicle, or have the vehicle electronically control the driver?

Agent63 - 1/20/2010 12:25:09 PM

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Commented noted. If they have both ends figured out I see this as a good piece of kit. Of course they won't release it without testing that. Wouldn't want the world's most well-known luxury brand to be the world's most commonly destroyed brand.

MSP6 - 1/19/2010 10:25:50 AM

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Toyota is also working on a revolutionary safety system to protect pedestrians.

It consists in device that will activate the horn and alternately flash the headlights police-style when the throttle gets stuck.

Yonder7 - 1/19/2010 11:27:04 AM

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MSP6: LOLLLLLLLLLLLL.....

richard112360 - 1/19/2010 12:57:19 PM

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Just what we need. More electronic gadgetry and MB reliability is already in the toilet.

Monk - 1/19/2010 2:43:50 PM

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you want to be troll and a dbag?

Bill - 1/19/2010 4:05:14 PM

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I own two newer Mercedes' products and I've never had any problems with them. In my circle of friends there are plenty of owners of European luxury cars and this whole myth about constant unreliability is nothing more than a myth. A stupid myth at that.