Mercedes concept shows the safety features of the future | IOL Motoring

Stuttgart - Mercedes-Benz has a long and interesting tradition of Experimental Safety Vehicles, these concept cars dating back to the early 1970s. In fact these paved the way for some of the safety features that we take for granted today, such as ABS, airbags and seatbelt tensioners.

Set to debut at the ESV safety convention in The Netherlands next month, the ESF 2019 is a plug-in hybrid vehicle with autonomous driving capabilities.It also ushers in new safety ideas for back seat passengers, including a rear airbag with a special tubular structure. Of course, that would be of no use if the occupants weren’t wearing their seatbelts, so this car even goes as far as encouraging that with items like USB belt buckles and belt heating.

Child safety is another big priority, and here Mercedes has developed a Pre-Safe child seat with preventative tensioning that fixes the child more firmly in the seat, and it also has side-mounted impact protection elements that extend before a crash has even occurred. The system can also prevent the driver from pulling off if it detects a possible crash with cross traffic."Safety is part of the brand DNA of Mercedes-Benz. We have repeatedly demonstrated that we are not short of ideas in this field since the 1970s, with our Experimental Safety Vehicles,” says Ola Källenius.

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