Enhancing Traffic Safety by Active Safety Innovations

2004-21-0056

10/18/2004

Event
Convergence International Congress & Exposition On Transportation Electronics
Authors Abstract
Content
Active safety systems are designed to help the driver to avoid accidents or, if an accident is unavoidable, to mitigate accident severity. This paper describes the activities in the field of active safety pursued at the Mercedes Car Group. An accident causation analysis reveals four major types of accidents that account for the majority of fatal accidents and accidents with injuries. It is shown, how current driver assistance systems contribute to reducing these types of accidents and what future developments can be expected in this field.
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Pages
7
Citation
Breitling, T., Breuer, J., and Petersen, U., "Enhancing Traffic Safety by Active Safety Innovations," SAE Technical Paper 2004-21-0056, 2004, .
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Publisher
Published
Oct 18, 2004
Product Code
2004-21-0056
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English