The first-gen Mercedes A-Class failed the 'moose test' in spectacular style, but the firm has come a long way since then. Our tech column explains how
It has been quite the year for significant anniversaries, and here’s another. 25 years ago, Swedish magazine Teknikens Värld inadvertently rolled aIf that sounds like over-enthusiasm from the journalists, know that the moose test comes from the Swedish driving test, in which candidates are asked which side of a moose should they steer into if they find themselves on a collision course with one. The answer is the rear, because once a moose decides to cross a road, it won’t stop.
These days, most major manufacturers subscribe to the idea of making driving accident-free, and in Mercedes’ case the aim is to achieve that by 2050. It’s a tall order, because the company doesn’t just mean no accidents in Mercedes vehicles but no accidents involving Mercedes vehicles. Mercedes’ Accident Research unit has been reconstructing accidents since 1969 and has so far analysed more than 5000. Today, augmented reality is moving the work on a step further, with teams in India and China exchanging data with engineering teams at the mother ship in Germany. The idea is to develop safety systems that can account for the regional differences in accident patterns.
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