# Mercedes' Awesome Safety demo gone wrong **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [November 17, 2005, 12:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mercedes-awesome-safety-demo-gone-wrong/4695 "2005-11-17T12:56:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Daddie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/daddie/32/7621_2.png) [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2005, 12:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mercedes-awesome-safety-demo-gone-wrong/4695/1 "2005-11-17T12:56:42Z")
[http://www.askaprice.com/torque-article.asp?article=Mercedes\_makes\_mess\_of\_safety\_demonstration&item=669](http://www.askaprice.com/torque-article.asp?article=Mercedes_makes_mess_of_safety_demonstration&item=669) Must run windows… ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2005, 1:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mercedes-awesome-safety-demo-gone-wrong/4695/2 "2005-11-17T13:02:01Z")
now that, is PWNAGE. ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2005, 1:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mercedes-awesome-safety-demo-gone-wrong/4695/3 "2005-11-17T13:03:20Z")
No replacement for the brake at all indeed. Haha, owned. ---
**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2005, 2:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mercedes-awesome-safety-demo-gone-wrong/4695/4 "2005-11-17T14:36:50Z")
i cant get the fuckin page to load … wtf ? ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2005, 3:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mercedes-awesome-safety-demo-gone-wrong/4695/5 "2005-11-17T15:16:25Z")
To summarize: Mercedes had a news crew out to demo a collision avoidance system. Basically it ionvolved 3 of their S-class cars. The system in question is supposed hit the brakes for you if the person in front slams their brakes on. Thus’ everyone lives happily ever after. Problem: During the demo, the system did not work and resulted in all 3 cars totaling each other as they plowed into one another. [http://www.emercedesbenz.com/Nov05/16NewSClassFailsCrashTest.html](http://www.emercedesbenz.com/Nov05/16NewSClassFailsCrashTest.html) ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2005, 3:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mercedes-awesome-safety-demo-gone-wrong/4695/6 "2005-11-17T15:47:57Z")
It did not work “becuase of the steel hall that the test was performed in” but “works under all other circumstances”. :bloated: ---
**Author:** ![neurokinetik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/neurokinetik/32/7270_2.png) [@neurokinetik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/neurokinetik)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2005, 4:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mercedes-awesome-safety-demo-gone-wrong/4695/7 "2005-11-17T16:20:27Z")
Good, I’m glad it didn’t work. Last thing we need is another nanny that allows drivers to pay even less attention to the road… ---
**Author:** ![Violator](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/violator/32/7278_2.png) [@Violator](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Violator)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2005, 4:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mercedes-awesome-safety-demo-gone-wrong/4695/8 "2005-11-17T16:26:03Z")
so basically the “safety radar” will not work on bridges or in some tunnels (but everywhere else its perfect) … way to play roulette with your life and $$$$ ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2005, 4:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mercedes-awesome-safety-demo-gone-wrong/4695/9 "2005-11-17T16:34:18Z")
damn that wouldve saved me from tapping that kids bumper this morning, fuck ---
**Author:** ![TrueBlue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/trueblue/32/7245_2.png) [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 5:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mercedes-awesome-safety-demo-gone-wrong/4695/10 "2005-11-18T05:59:21Z")
> [@HotRodKid](#): > > i cant get the fuckin page to load … wtf ? 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. Stern TV, who filmed the programme item slates the mistake, and compares it to the nasty falling-over tendency the early A-class Mercedes had. Embarrassing mistake In the programme, Mercedes drives 3 S-classes behind each other. The first car hits the brakes, and the two following cars brake down automatically, to avoid a crash. In theory. In practice, the first car braked, and the two others continued right into the back of each other, resulting in a 3-car pile-up at the test site. According to a German news site, the blushing Mercedes security engineers soon discovered the problem: The test had been done in a hall which was made of steel. This confuses the radar, and the system doesn’t work properly, causing more than £150,000 worth of cars to crumple into each other. The system “works perfectly in all other circumstances”, according to Mercedes. For now, though, it may be worth keeping your foot near the brake pedal. The programme in question is showed on German RTL Television tonight. ---
**Author:** ![taurusho](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/taurusho/32/7184_2.png) [@taurusho](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/taurusho)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 6:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mercedes-awesome-safety-demo-gone-wrong/4695/11 "2005-11-18T06:12:33Z")
> [@neurokinetik](#): > > Good, I’m glad it didn’t work. Last thing we need is another nanny that allows drivers to pay even less attention to the road… Agreed. Theres wayyyy too many idiots on the road now, giving them another reason to not worry about how fast they are going or paying attention to the road definitely should not be a priority in the eyes of automobile manufacturers.