Mercedes pile-up at safety demonstration
Mercedes pile-up at safety demonstration
Quote: 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.
Oops?
Okay, look, I’m very tolerant of the development process—but this worries me. If a steel building interfered with the radar, what else could?
Hmmmm….
I hope they are able to figure out what real-world situations might also interfere and come up with a workable solution, because we need these things…