Collision avoidance system

An emergency brake assist is an "intelligent ", " forward-looking " security system for cars, the preventive effects on risk an "automatic emergency braking " by already taking security measures in detecting a critical situation by on-board computer. The device detects via radar or lidar sensor ( ie by means of radio or infrared waves) the removal of the vehicle from obstacles and routes you a significant speed reduction ( partial braking ) a. If the calculated distance is too low, an emergency stop is triggered, in order to reduce the force of the impact of the collision with the obstacle, to avoid completely in the ideal case. This differs from simple brake assist, which only represents a brake booster under the responsibility of the driver, this driver assistance system.

Automatic emergency braking is generally known as the " Active Brake Assist" (ABA ) which serves as an extension of the " Adaptive Cruise Control" (ACC ), the so-called adaptive cruise control, for the prevention of rear-end collisions serves. The ACC is the heavier trucks more widespread than in the car.

Other adaptations

A 2013 student turned film in the style of commercials, which was nominated for the German Junior Price First Steps, led to a conflict with Daimler. The film, in which the emergency brake assist suspends, and Adolf Hitler overruns as a little boy on the vehicle in question had to be provided afterwards with instructions to have nothing to do with Daimler. The one-minute spot aroused a stir on social networks.

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• Trucker Technology Guide 2008, page 4 Journal: Trucker.