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Old 11-20-2005, 10:26 AM
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Demonstration = Embarrassing Failure
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The new Mercedes S class has a sophisticated radar-based braking system - when it works. A TV demonstration ended up in a 3-car pile-up when the S-class' safety radar failed.
 
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Seems that they are using a GPS system since the engineers are saying the system failed because it was in a metal hall. You would think that an "engineer" would think about things like this first.
 
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