So to summarise the first test in this vid because you weren’t dead on with the target so it failed. Am I the only person who sees a problem with this, there’s this little thing called the real world where not everything lines up perfectly
Lol ... I love how UNCOMFORTABLE the dude in the jump seat is! He's as comfortable as I was in the jump seat while teaching my 13 year old son to drive🤣🤣
I work as a driver and I drive Acteros420 and I can say from experience that this system has saved me a couple of times from certain traffic accidents.
"slightly off to the left" He's just making up excuses for the bad design at Mercedes lmao, if you guys drive a Mercedes, before you crash you'll have to make sure you are exactly dead on with vehicle.
4:00 I'm not sure that's true. If you brake in the merc hard enough (without assistance) then the hazards automatically come on. I know because I drive these vehicles. The automatic hazards are caused by rapid deceleration.
Actually that is true, hazards do come when you brake hard. However, if the ABA 5 has not kicked in then the hazards will not stay on they will switch on and then go away.
2 года назад+29
25 acres by 25 acres, so it's a cube then or is it a tesseract?
And when you go up certain slip roads with a wet road surface it can pick up the reflection and go into the emergency mode. Always happened when coming off the A46 onto the A45 mid afternoon with the sun behind you. when it happens to you twice with a fully loaded double deck trailer on you have to change your pants. I always turned it off when approaching that junction after it did it too me twice.
But what happens when the truck is not coming straight at the obstacle? Things are rarely in a convenient place? I have a huge problem with these driver assist mechanisms. it dumbs down the skill it takes to drive a wagon like this, or indeed any other vehicle, That said, this was fascinating!!! Also, when towing a fully laden trailer, there are a whole other set of problems
I think the problem is the inflatable car not being a large solid object. That’s why the instructor said “Aim for the yellow cube”. I may be wrong but that’s the only reason I can think why it didn’t work
I disagree, it doesn't dumb down the skill at all but in fact makes incompetent drivers that shouldn't even be on the road in the first place more lazy behind the wheel. These sort of assistive technologies are sort of catch 22 in that regard, and perhaps highlight a bigger problem with drivers today.
so basically to sum it up, merc dont want to use a fully loaded trailer asif thats what trucks on the road are like (ignoring the fact most fun fully loaded at 44tons), their system wont work in real life situations, sounds to me like its a bad product all over which is no suprise after working on merc hooklift lorries and i can tell you they are build of papermache and are slow as lava. always breaking down and i wouldnt even go near attempting any sort of offroading in them... id take a man, volvo, daf & scania any day of the week
There's something wrong with the braking system on that Merc truck, 1st they tried blaming YOU , apparently you weren't in line with the stationary car and then on the 2nd attempt, if you look at the overhead drone shot, the dummy car is slightly offset ? Now if your a truck driver careering towards the rear of a car, your obviously going to deviate your steering to either the left or right to try and AVOID hitting that vehicle , it's human nature , so inherently there's a fault in the working design of this object avoidance system, so mercedes, fix it !
Hi Daniel I have watched your channel for a long time, although I'm in the east midlands and you are no where near me I still enjoy your channel. Anyway I worked for a main dealer for 16 years and its annoying that although I understand it does what you described, I never got any training regarding these systems. For me the technician should know about this so when a customer asks we could answer them. Glad to see Mercedes have given you a chance to test out their systems! Keep up the good content 👌
Honestly , i wouldn't even care if it has hit the car slightly. Since the most dangerous situations are when the trucker falls asleep or isn't paying attenting and then hits stopped traffic at full speed. If the car doesn't get pancaked , then i see it as a win.
Hello Daniel hope you are well, I’m just watching QPR on Sky and the (a) on Ashville with the Orange behind the goal looks absolutely awesome, you must use this on you image moving forward, the orange band the black is so so class, I’ve been in construction for over 15 years for a big big player, keep up the good work as I can’t stop watching you Chanel, good on ya pal 👍👍👍👍
I've driven trucks with these features and they are great but there is an emphasis that these are not designed to stop collisions but designed as an Aid. No system is perfect yet but they will get better and better. These things are better to have than not to have in a truck. The ABA has saved me once and once was more than enough. These systems are more of a safety net that is better to have than not to have. There are many limitations but they will become the future and the standard.
I have a 70 plate Mercedes Sprinter with this on and has camera in front screen and i'm not keen, in slow moving traffic it can slam the brakes on it's embarrassing, If someone pulling out on you either from a side road or even worse on motorway it's bleeps its head off and can try braking, Id have thought it be worse for a truck travelling on motorway in slow lane and someone merges on to motorway the truck be slamming brakes on, The system on my van seems to work when it wants because sometimes it would let you hit the vehicle in front, me personally would prefer not to have it on my van
You basically simulated a real life situation n it didn't work perfectly but it helped. Do it with a 40 ton trailer next time n put your RR as the demo car 😂
And when you are in a perfect condition for this system to work in real life. What about the truck driving behind you? It'll probably won't have enough time to react on you making a emergency break and will probably push you into the car in front of you anyways. The only thing gained then is a collision with reduced speeds which will probably cause less damage than without these systems...
I think that’s the only real thing in this video 🤣, and mind u it’s a soft toy that they are colliding with 😂, he’s lived long enough to know not to trust these things🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
So, how big is that area again? I have to say, I was really hoping for this one to come out. Not sure what to think of the result. 4 out of 5 is good, I just hope it will become even better. Would not call it perfect jet. To blame the driver if it does not work is not the way to go in my eyes. Hope to see you on an E-Actros soon as well. Might be an option for jobs in the city.
the area is either 300-ish x 300-ish meters (25 acres) or 1600-ish x 1600-ish meters(625 acres or 25 x 25 acres) using measurement of area as measurement of length is odd ngl. And it is perfectly justified to blame the driver if the system fails( you know that person is in charge of the vehicle after all). If it were the vehicles fault that I didn't do my job wtf am I doing in that job in the first place then? sitting there looking pretty? pretending I'm working? or say that I'm watching youtube or taking a nap and drive over a pedestrian with that thing active... Is it my fault or the systems? by your logic it would be the systems fault btw, cuz the system was active. If the thing was fully self driving aka no wheel or human in the vehicle( and not that Elon garbo of pretending lvl 2 driving assist somehow = lvl 5 wheelless self driving) then sure it would be the fault of the system, but as long as there's a driver the responsibility of operating the vehicle is on the driver as long as the truck responds to drivers inputs.
@@markussavolainen Ty, the acres part was making it confusing. As 25 is a bit different to 625. In regards to the driver having an accident. Sure I would blame the driver for it as long as he is in charge of the vehicle. If he were not I would call him a passenger. But to say that a system only works if he does everything the rigth way and not to call it a limitation of the system does not work for me. If someone would have to do that much correct and focus on it, should he not have used that attention to stop on his own?
@@user-kl3il9mw8i it is a limited system for sure and so are really all the systems that aren’t full self driving. The purpose of it is to be just an extra level of safety after all. And obviously the closer it is to full self driving the better. But as long as it is not capable of doing something it shouldn’t be expected to do that. Even if it were to require you to drive in a specific way to work properly I’d still say it’s better than nothing as it still has a chance of working and being an aid that is kinda it’s purpose in life. And if you buy into it with that expectation(which you kinda have considering the way they are selling it)anything extra is only positive.
@@markussavolainen No disagreement here. Everything that adds to minimize damage is good. My point was more directed to the framing. This systems are most likely needed in cases of drivers beeing distracted or unconcentrated. To test it and then say: "It did not work because you did this and that wrong." Thats where it should say it does not work 100% but let's try again. Creating perfect condtions in which it works 100% creats a falls narrativ and does not reflect real world conditions. BUt again, I want this systems to help drivers. And sure drivers should never depend on them.
You showed a clip on the screen too but not in the video. If you approach a roundabout on cruise control on the brand new trucks, it detects teh roundabout and slows you down appropriately. Often going around the roundabout at 15mph or so, then accellearates on the other side back up to speed. But likewise I have had the sensors detect a vehicle that was in the next lane over turning right, where the system has applied the emergency breaking unnecessarily. However, that was the older system on the 2017 trucks so probably there are updates now.
Can anybody tell me why there has to be a box under the rear of the car, presumably to provide a bigger target for the radar to recognise the object. What do you all think?
Such a dangerous system. Most drivers who aren't concentrating are generally not watching the road therefore not perfectly lined up with the vehicle in front. Could you imagine operating that lorry in the city centre with cyclists and pedestrians constantly walking/cycling out in front of you. Real productive day 😂 Or can you imagine it in protests as recently seen when they disconnect airlines
That was really interesting Dan. It’s a really good system. I feel sorry for the instructor 😆. Your really good at this stuff. I believe Hollywood is calling 😎.
It didn't work over 1 year ago and it still doesn't work now. You don't get multiple attempts at crashing a HGV in the real world. You can't crash into a car and then suddenly rewind time to hope that the second time you crash into that car the active brake assist will work.
The problem with this is when the driver depends on it when they are tired. Like the auto pilot on a Tesla that people use to rest their legs an arms on long journeys. With all new rules for drivers, why are more vehicles being designed in a way that the driver has to be interacting with the dashboard console. It’s great having the new tech. But not good if it’s going to cause you to get a fine for trying to use it.
Through work using renaults scania and merc antos. Some especially the merc on cruise control the collision sensor and brake assist are dog shit. It tends to activate at invisible vehicles and almost cause an accident due to sudden slowing down in a live lane no traffic going 40/50 down to 20/30 for no reason at all
Would Active Braking Assist not be more beneficial in 'Real World' environments if it wasn't designed to stop in a safe distance (eg lots of chance the radar misses as shown and potentially removing driver awareness) but instead designed with a wider radar but only activating braking when the system computer detects the maximum braking distance is 100% passed? I get that this would result in potential impacts albeit at a much slower (survivable) speed but also mean that the driver still retains all the control unless in extreme circumstances. Basically a system that only activates in a real emergency situation rather than another system trying to take over some of the driving.
That's already pretty much what it does. Narrowing the field of view of the assistant also means less false alarms, it was really a problem in the previous generations where it detected stationary signs etc. along the road and triggered the alarm. Also, reducing the efficiency of the assistant for "more control" makes no sense at all since the driver always retains complete control anyway, even during the emergency braking, by activating kickdown.
So to summarise the first test in this vid because you weren’t dead on with the target so it failed. Am I the only person who sees a problem with this, there’s this little thing called the real world where not everything lines up perfectly
Was literally just thinking this 🤔
Was literally about to say the same myself
This was why I went to read the comments.
It’s good but it’s not perfect 👍🏻
It's an assistance system like Daniel said. Basically a last ditch effort if the driver somehow fails to stop themselves.
So basicly this Mercedes stop system won’t work in a real life scenario
If you're going to crash make sure you're going perfectly straight 😆
The comment i was looking for lol
So basically the ststem can detect if you're off to one side and might navigate around something instead of stopping you
I don't know why he said that but definitely don't need to be lined up car can be sideways and it will still work.
It honestly will work, ABA 5 is very very good, in addition is the PPC which will slow down and accelerate all by itself
I just loved the pissed off look on the face of the fella from Merc..
He was not a happy bloke 😅
Word has it that he had a secret button to deactivate the ‘Active Brake assist’ and called a day😂
Lol ... I love how UNCOMFORTABLE the dude in the jump seat is! He's as comfortable as I was in the jump seat while teaching my 13 year old son to drive🤣🤣
Ashville on a thursday?! Jobs just got rescheduled cuz this is SERIOUS! Oh boi!
😂😂😂😂😂
Won't be good in south Africa we walk in front of trucks daily
I work as a driver and I drive Acteros420 and I can say from experience that this system has saved me a couple of times from certain traffic accidents.
Despite all the effort Daniel is putting in to promote Mercedes, they wouldn't give him a discount for a new truck 😓😓.
They don’t need promotion
He don’t get any benefits for promotion Merc. His fleet contains 90% of Scania, a few Volvo and 2 Merc tractor units. He always praises Scania.
@@EduardSLVRU there scania tractor units he has not Mercedes lorry's at all
@@EduardSLVRU he doesn’t own any Mercedes trucks, his fleet only consist of Scania, Volvo and DAF.
@@karlfoley5221 he has at least one Merc with grey cab on old videos
"slightly off to the left" He's just making up excuses for the bad design at Mercedes lmao, if you guys drive a Mercedes, before you crash you'll have to make sure you are exactly dead on with vehicle.
Sorry mate you did the accident the wrong way 😅
4:00 I'm not sure that's true. If you brake in the merc hard enough (without assistance) then the hazards automatically come on. I know because I drive these vehicles. The automatic hazards are caused by rapid deceleration.
Most cars do it also and flash brake lights
Yes , but i don't think they stay on.
even my volvo car from -08 turns on the hazards when ABS is engaging or i breake really hard, but they go of in 30 sec i think
yeah weird first try just like last time. Mercedes not looking so good. Daniel even said he did break so the system is pretty useless
Actually that is true, hazards do come when you brake hard. However, if the ABA 5 has not kicked in then the hazards will not stay on they will switch on and then go away.
25 acres by 25 acres, so it's a cube then or is it a tesseract?
Was literally thinking the same thing
Like how the passenger managed to find uniquely different ways to brace themselves on nearly every occasion :D
Wonderful to have these DRIVER ASSIST systems reviewed so as to leave no doubt at what purpose they serve.
And when you go up certain slip roads with a wet road surface it can pick up the reflection and go into the emergency mode. Always happened when coming off the A46 onto the A45 mid afternoon with the sun behind you. when it happens to you twice with a fully loaded double deck trailer on you have to change your pants. I always turned it off when approaching that junction after it did it too me twice.
Daniel can only imagine 25 acres of compound full of type 1 and 2 and a fleet of clean Scania / Volvo trucks
But what happens when the truck is not coming straight at the obstacle? Things are rarely in a convenient place? I have a huge problem with these driver assist mechanisms. it dumbs down the skill it takes to drive a wagon like this, or indeed any other vehicle, That said, this was fascinating!!!
Also, when towing a fully laden trailer, there are a whole other set of problems
Check out "Jim Carey's karate instructor" sketch on RUclips....exact same thing, especially the 1st take
I think the problem is the inflatable car not being a large solid object. That’s why the instructor said “Aim for the yellow cube”. I may be wrong but that’s the only reason I can think why it didn’t work
I disagree, it doesn't dumb down the skill at all but in fact makes incompetent drivers that shouldn't even be on the road in the first place more lazy behind the wheel. These sort of assistive technologies are sort of catch 22 in that regard, and perhaps highlight a bigger problem with drivers today.
It will brake if it's necessary. So it's doesn't take skills if nothing it improves it and saves lifes.
so basically to sum it up, merc dont want to use a fully loaded trailer asif thats what trucks on the road are like (ignoring the fact most fun fully loaded at 44tons), their system wont work in real life situations, sounds to me like its a bad product all over which is no suprise after working on merc hooklift lorries and i can tell you they are build of papermache and are slow as lava. always breaking down and i wouldnt even go near attempting any sort of offroading in them... id take a man, volvo, daf & scania any day of the week
3 actives in 5 hours is easily do able in London the way most other road users dive into any safety gap youve left from the car infront.
Are you assuming you get to go fast enough to activate the system in the first place?
The Merc is full of teckers! Great video and fair play to Mercedes Benz for letting you have another go in there trucks.
I just love Ashville, Daniel literally can teach me anything 😄😊👌🏾🙋🏽♀️
There's something wrong with the braking system on that Merc truck, 1st they tried blaming YOU , apparently you weren't in line with the stationary car and then on the 2nd attempt, if you look at the overhead drone shot, the dummy car is slightly offset ? Now if your a truck driver careering towards the rear of a car, your obviously going to deviate your steering to either the left or right to try and AVOID hitting that vehicle , it's human nature , so inherently there's a fault in the working design of this object avoidance system, so mercedes, fix it !
5:17😂😂😂when Daniel makes you contemplate your whole life🤣
Ironic that the system only works if you’re paying attention to your driving 🤔
Hi Daniel
I have watched your channel for a long time, although I'm in the east midlands and you are no where near me I still enjoy your channel.
Anyway I worked for a main dealer for 16 years and its annoying that although I understand it does what you described, I never got any training regarding these systems. For me the technician should know about this so when a customer asks we could answer them. Glad to see Mercedes have given you a chance to test out their systems!
Keep up the good content 👌
That's great but why is this not being done with a fully loaded trailer???
sounded like they didnt know how to secure a load..
Honestly , i wouldn't even care if it has hit the car slightly.
Since the most dangerous situations are when the trucker falls asleep or isn't paying attenting and then hits stopped traffic at full speed.
If the car doesn't get pancaked , then i see it as a win.
This was at less than 40mph and cab only, fully loaded at 44tonne and at 56mph it would be pancaked.
@@samdub No , the emergency system kicks in sooner if you are going faster.
And is also more sensitive.
@@LorandHungary But he still hit the car
Hello Daniel hope you are well,
I’m just watching QPR on Sky and the (a) on Ashville with the Orange behind the goal looks absolutely awesome, you must use this on you image moving forward, the orange band the black is so so class, I’ve been in construction for over 15 years for a big big player, keep up the good work as I can’t stop watching you Chanel, good on ya pal 👍👍👍👍
Omg, I'm not even into trucks or construction but I'm hooked on this chanel 🙂
That Mercedes worker in the cab was not a one happy bloke😂😂😂😂😂 we can tell from his facial expression😂😂😂😂
Ahahahahahaha I was thinking the same
@@elliottheatley200 he made it looked like he was forced😂😂😂
Why did the guy sit right next to Daniel!! Also sitting in his lap! 😂 😂 😂
Reaction of the co-driver is hilarious each time truck is about to break.
I’d be impressed if I could select a gear in my arocs from neutral to do the test 😂
That guy looks like he's ready to quit his job after this :-D
The yellow block is the radar reflector, thats why it didnt work when he went off straight, the inflatable car is pretty invisible to radar.
What in the world?! An Ashville video on Thursday?! Work can wait!
that scotsman next to you is holding for dear life ..lol
Watched from my office window, man is serious!!
I've driven trucks with these features and they are great but there is an emphasis that these are not designed to stop collisions but designed as an Aid. No system is perfect yet but they will get better and better. These things are better to have than not to have in a truck. The ABA has saved me once and once was more than enough. These systems are more of a safety net that is better to have than not to have. There are many limitations but they will become the future and the standard.
cant wait for ashville to do a show truck, mans is creative
I have a 70 plate Mercedes Sprinter with this on and has camera in front screen and i'm not keen, in slow moving traffic it can slam the brakes on it's embarrassing, If someone pulling out on you either from a side road or even worse on motorway it's bleeps its head off and can try braking, Id have thought it be worse for a truck travelling on motorway in slow lane and someone merges on to motorway the truck be slamming brakes on, The system on my van seems to work when it wants because sometimes it would let you hit the vehicle in front, me personally would prefer not to have it on my van
You basically simulated a real life situation n it didn't work perfectly but it helped.
Do it with a 40 ton trailer next time n put your RR as the demo car 😂
And when you are in a perfect condition for this system to work in real life. What about the truck driving behind you? It'll probably won't have enough time to react on you making a emergency break and will probably push you into the car in front of you anyways.
The only thing gained then is a collision with reduced speeds which will probably cause less damage than without these systems...
And less injuries or deaths 🤡
Which is great.
A small/medium collision is a lot better then a multi casualty accident with cars turned into pancakes with the people inside them.
What is this logic 😂
Brilliant you are a great narrator and a brilliant driver Andrew Terpilowski
For the first time I saw an Asheville lorry while driving on the A40 east by northolt
THE TRAINER DIDNT CRACK A SINGLE SMILE
seems a bit dumb, pretty sure most drivers dont follow the car infront perfectly in line
It works......as long as your perfectly in line with the car your crashing into.........
Great system however the radar beam needs to be wider at distance
Why was the merc trainer keep on bracing for impact 😂 i think hes been here befoe ahaha
I think that’s the only real thing in this video 🤣, and mind u it’s a soft toy that they are colliding with 😂, he’s lived long enough to know not to trust these things🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
So, how big is that area again?
I have to say, I was really hoping for this one to come out. Not sure what to think of the result. 4 out of 5 is good, I just hope it will become even better. Would not call it perfect jet. To blame the driver if it does not work is not the way to go in my eyes.
Hope to see you on an E-Actros soon as well. Might be an option for jobs in the city.
the area is either 300-ish x 300-ish meters (25 acres) or 1600-ish x 1600-ish meters(625 acres or 25 x 25 acres) using measurement of area as measurement of length is odd ngl.
And it is perfectly justified to blame the driver if the system fails( you know that person is in charge of the vehicle after all). If it were the vehicles fault that I didn't do my job wtf am I doing in that job in the first place then? sitting there looking pretty? pretending I'm working? or say that I'm watching youtube or taking a nap and drive over a pedestrian with that thing active... Is it my fault or the systems? by your logic it would be the systems fault btw, cuz the system was active. If the thing was fully self driving aka no wheel or human in the vehicle( and not that Elon garbo of pretending lvl 2 driving assist somehow = lvl 5 wheelless self driving) then sure it would be the fault of the system, but as long as there's a driver the responsibility of operating the vehicle is on the driver as long as the truck responds to drivers inputs.
@@markussavolainen what a bunch of crap.
@@markussavolainen Ty, the acres part was making it confusing. As 25 is a bit different to 625. In regards to the driver having an accident. Sure I would blame the driver for it as long as he is in charge of the vehicle. If he were not I would call him a passenger. But to say that a system only works if he does everything the rigth way and not to call it a limitation of the system does not work for me. If someone would have to do that much correct and focus on it, should he not have used that attention to stop on his own?
@@user-kl3il9mw8i it is a limited system for sure and so are really all the systems that aren’t full self driving. The purpose of it is to be just an extra level of safety after all. And obviously the closer it is to full self driving the better. But as long as it is not capable of doing something it shouldn’t be expected to do that.
Even if it were to require you to drive in a specific way to work properly I’d still say it’s better than nothing as it still has a chance of working and being an aid that is kinda it’s purpose in life. And if you buy into it with that expectation(which you kinda have considering the way they are selling it)anything extra is only positive.
@@markussavolainen No disagreement here. Everything that adds to minimize damage is good.
My point was more directed to the framing.
This systems are most likely needed in cases of drivers beeing distracted or unconcentrated. To test it and then say: "It did not work because you did this and that wrong." Thats where it should say it does not work 100% but let's try again. Creating perfect condtions in which it works 100% creats a falls narrativ and does not reflect real world conditions.
BUt again, I want this systems to help drivers. And sure drivers should never depend on them.
Me waiting for an ashville YT video👀
you were driving right at it the first time, when it didn't work. The passenger tried to put it on you lol.
Ashville Thursday? Nice!
You showed a clip on the screen too but not in the video.
If you approach a roundabout on cruise control on the brand new trucks, it detects teh roundabout and slows you down appropriately. Often going around the roundabout at 15mph or so, then accellearates on the other side back up to speed.
But likewise I have had the sensors detect a vehicle that was in the next lane over turning right, where the system has applied the emergency breaking unnecessarily. However, that was the older system on the 2017 trucks so probably there are updates now.
Always brakes, cluth, gearbox, lights, locks and mirrors are number 1 important
I love those euro trucks, would love to see them here in the states!
Can anybody tell me why there has to be a box under the rear of the car, presumably to provide a bigger target for the radar to recognise the object. What do you all think?
The Mercedes guy pushed something up top proper del boy
So to stop crashing into things, make sure your dead on the target . Sound 👍🏻.
Love your channel brother. One love
Such a dangerous system.
Most drivers who aren't concentrating are generally not watching the road therefore not perfectly lined up with the vehicle in front.
Could you imagine operating that lorry in the city centre with cyclists and pedestrians constantly walking/cycling out in front of you.
Real productive day 😂
Or can you imagine it in protests as recently seen when they disconnect airlines
That was really interesting Dan. It’s a really good system. I feel sorry for the instructor 😆. Your really good at this stuff. I believe Hollywood is calling 😎.
Literally had to have a little sit down.
That guy in the cab looked very nervous, or he was pissed off case he wasnt driving
wow dat video insert 6:14 was from my hometown Rijeka,Croatia! Nice :D
Try the volvo or scania brake assistent
Amazing technology ✨
It didn't work over 1 year ago and it still doesn't work now. You don't get multiple attempts at crashing a HGV in the real world. You can't crash into a car and then suddenly rewind time to hope that the second time you crash into that car the active brake assist will work.
The problem with this is when the driver depends on it when they are tired. Like the auto pilot on a Tesla that people use to rest their legs an arms on long journeys. With all new rules for drivers, why are more vehicles being designed in a way that the driver has to be interacting with the dashboard console. It’s great having the new tech. But not good if it’s going to cause you to get a fine for trying to use it.
Big up for being in Barnsley
surely the wagon needs to be fully laden for it to be a proper demo?
I love mid week Ashville surprise videos!
Days out with Dan 🤔👍
So sad to see the great actor Ken Stott now working MB
They should come with adaptive cruise as standard
good tech that will save lives.
That first take is very reminiscent of Jim Carey's karate instructor sketch!!
Through work using renaults scania and merc antos. Some especially the merc on cruise control the collision sensor and brake assist are dog shit. It tends to activate at invisible vehicles and almost cause an accident due to sudden slowing down in a live lane no traffic going 40/50 down to 20/30 for no reason at all
One word: BRACE😂
Great video
I don't mean to be that guy but haven't Volvo and Scania had this system for years and its a lot better?
Pretty crazy that even they can’t reset it! Can tell this won’t be cheap to fix
Sick video
Great video. ☺
Daniel all the best
Daniel, with the 44t artic I saw that it was unladen, not really a full & proper test! However as a "driver's aid" it's ok.
Best videos
Would Active Braking Assist not be more beneficial in 'Real World' environments if it wasn't designed to stop in a safe distance (eg lots of chance the radar misses as shown and potentially removing driver awareness) but instead designed with a wider radar but only activating braking when the system computer detects the maximum braking distance is 100% passed? I get that this would result in potential impacts albeit at a much slower (survivable) speed but also mean that the driver still retains all the control unless in extreme circumstances. Basically a system that only activates in a real emergency situation rather than another system trying to take over some of the driving.
That's already pretty much what it does. Narrowing the field of view of the assistant also means less false alarms, it was really a problem in the previous generations where it detected stationary signs etc. along the road and triggered the alarm. Also, reducing the efficiency of the assistant for "more control" makes no sense at all since the driver always retains complete control anyway, even during the emergency braking, by activating kickdown.
The Actros that hit me on the motorway definitely
Didn’t have this tech😂😂
I like the midweek videos because there’s different music in them
good video
Wrong on the hazards.. it's been an EU law that hazards come on under emergency breaking for a while. Even when driver controlled
Watch all your videos 👍
In a real life setting (in distress) if you will need to be inline with the vehicle infront of you needs one with soooo much trust...
There's nowt like a decent pair of brakes.
Autonimised? I think you were confusing Yiannimize & Autonomous.. 😊 Big ups from Australia Rude Boy 👋
Do the same tests with the king of safety VOLVO
Need more of these in the week 👍
Funny how Merc wants you to line up for accidents...maybe ask Volvo and Scania for some avoidance technology
Still a thumbs up 👍🏿
So you embarrassed Mercedes on the original video and they invited you in which resulted in you embarrassing them again….absolute class 😂