Safety Truck: safest production truck in the world

  • Date
    11 May 2006
  • Description
    In Brussels Daimler Chrysler introduces what experts consider to be the safest series-built truck in the world to European transportation and environmental policymakers. The Mercedes-Benz Safety Truck, which is presented in twelve European countries during the following weeks, is fitted with numerous assistance systems, including Lane Assistant, Telligent proximity control and Telligent stability control. The proximity control is the basis for Active Brake Assist (ABA), which automatically initiates emergency braking when a collision with a vehicle ahead appears inevitable. Capable of series production, ABA can prevent the majority of rear-end crashes and is presented for the first time in the Safety Truck. From September it is offered as special equipment for Actros semitrailer tractors.
Mercedes-Benz Actros 1844,
Safety Truck,
Commercial Vehicles Safety, 2006
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Mercedes-Benz Actros 1844
Mercedes-Benz Actros 1844
The emergency braking system reduces the consequences of accidents and saves lives: Derived from adaptive cruise control, Emergency Brake Assist automatically initiates emergency braking if a collision with a moving obstacle is imminent. This significantly reduces the speed of the collision and drastically reduces the consequences of the accident. Active Brake Assist in the Mercedes-Benz Safety Truck Actros uses the three wheel columns of the distance control system. If the system detects a possible collision, the driver is first warned visually, then acoustically. If the driver does not react, partial braking with approx. 30 % braking power takes place, followed by full braking, 2006.
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Mercedes-Benz Actros 1844
Mercedes-Benz Actros Safety Truck, 2006
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Mercedes-Benz Actros
Mercedes-Benz Actros Safety Truck, 2006
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Mercedes-Benz Actros
Mercedes-Benz Actros Safety Truck, 2006
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Mercedes-Benz Actros
Mercedes-Benz Safety Technology:
trucks, buses, coaches and vans: The new technology designed to halve the number of accidents.
Safety Vehicle (Safetycar), Actros, Travego and Sprinter
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Mercedes-Benz Safety Technology
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