Mercedes has made the ESF, a special model designed for the study and development of different systems of safety both active and passive that will be able to be included in future models of the mark of the star. Today we you bring to our blog dedicated to the world of the engine this armoured limousine that the last thing assembles in technology applied to the safety.
The first thing that they try to avoid in Mercedes is the catastrophe, for it the Mercedes ESF is provided with a system of communication that exchanges information with the rest of vehicles, warning of the possible incidences that it could find in his way, being alert before coming to the dangerous area.
At his structure there stay a few metallic reinforcements that "get conceited" in case of impact and that reduce the intrusion of the cockpit. If the frontal shock is inevitable, the engineers of Mercedes have designed a device that minimizes the damages, it is a question of an air bag placed in the soil of the car, called “Braking Bag“, which opens in case of emergency braking to help to stop to the vehicle. If on the contrary the shock is side, the seat of the driver of desplazará towards the interior of the car, the system “Pre-Safe Pulse“, avoiding possible damages.
Click here to view the embedded video.The optical groups of the ESF possess lights type LED, with the peculiarity of which these can be always activated like full-beam headlights, being reduced his intensity automatically, if the auxiliary camera detects another vehicle to which we could dazzle. 100 devices Led that form every lighthouse can be activated or deactivate of individual and automatic form, also if infrarojo a pedestrian detects the device, the intensity of the light rises and makes it more visible for the driver.
The ESF 2009 of Mercedes is provided with a few reflecting bands in the wings of his bodywork, which although during the day they are not appreciated, in the night help to make the car more visible and can go so far as to avoid some side scope on the same one.
In the rear squares where it is not possible to install a conventional airbag, the German mark has mounted the called airbag of belt, system that helps to avoid damages in the breast of the occupants of the above mentioned squares.
Therefore the Mercedes ESF is the whole test bench for the safety systems and one more step to improve the protection of the occupants.
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