Beaming in on safety: Mercedes unveils truck featuring suite of sensor systems that could cut road accidents

摘要

GERMAN ENGINEERS have unveiled what they claim is the world's safest truck. Bristling with the very latest active safety systems, the so-called Mercedes-Benz safety truck is both a technology showcase and a series production vehicle. It is already available to safety-conscious German truckers. Based on Mercedes' Actros heavy duty truck, the vehicle can be seen as a response to safety concerns raised by EU predictions that road freight will increase by 75 per cent before the end of the decade.