Mercedes-Benz is therefore offering several assistance systems to improve both active and passive safety for the Econic. With the fourth generation of Active Brake Assist in the Econic, Mercedes-Benz is presenting an assistance system which is able to protect the most vulnerable road users in particular - pedestrians. The system is able to warn the driver of a collision and in addition automatically initiates partial braking at the same time. This enables the driver to avoid a collision by means of maximum full-stop braking or a steering manoeuvre. The driver can additionally warn pedestrians in danger by sounding the horn.

Active Brake Assist 4 is tuned precisely to the challenges of deploying vehicles in urban traffic conditions: the system is able to detect moving pedestrians in virtually any traffic situation, for example if they walk into the truck's lane from the side, emerge from behind an obstacle or are moving along the vehicle's lane.

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