7.6.2019. With a new concept for child safety Mercedes-Benz has revealed in the recently presented Experimental safety vehicle (ESF) in 2019, as the protection of children can be further improved. In the case of this child seat with PRE-SAFE® functions can be streamlined prior to a Crash preventive the straps of the seat and side impact protection elements are extended.
Installation and vital monitoring are further in the seat, built-in functions. For this year’s child safety day on may 10. June (https://www.kindersicherheit.de/kindersicherheitstag.html) will present the Mercedes-Benz safety experts in order for a development for protection of the youngest passengers on the sector mobility of the future.
Active and passive safety have been counting on for decades to the brand core values of Mercedes-Benz. The in-house accident research, which founded 50 years ago, and in the year 2002 they started with PRE-SAFE® in a new Era of preventive occupant protection. With PRE-SAFE® vehicles and their occupants can be at a threat of an accident prepared, so that, for example, safety belts and Airbags can deploy their full protective effect is optimal.
To protect the smallest passengers, Mercedes has presented-Benz in the ESF in 2019, the seat of a special child with PRE-SAFE® function. The brand with the star thus provides a special contribution to this year’s child safety day, of each year since 2000 on 10. June is organised by the Federal working group ” More safety for children e. V.”. On this day, to be aroused especially in the case of parents and children, the awareness of accident risks. The children’s safety day each year a different safety risk for children in the center. 2019 the theme “together the budget to make sure” and draws attention to children’s accident risks at home is. As a home, the car, the family drives into the weekend and in the holidays for children in the broadest sense in the meantime. Safe travel is the highest priority.
Experimental safety vehicle (ESF) 2019 – PRE-SAFE® Child: Networked seat with PRE-SAFE® functions. Before an impending Crash preventive the straps of the children will be streamlined seat and the side impact protection elements are extended, if the PRE-SAFE® is reached the trigger threshold.
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- More safety thanks to Monitoring of the child’s seat mounting
- More safety due to belt tension and side-impact protection
- More safety by means of vital monitoring,
- Mobile kids: More safety outside the vehicle
More safety thanks to Monitoring of the child’s seat mounting
For safe travel with children – whether on the passenger seat or the rear seats are in demand, especially the parents. Almost one in every two children seat is installed correctly in the car, revealed in October 2018 published study by the accident research of the insurers (UDV). Out of a total of 1.042 surveyed Kids, 48 percent were not secured properly in a child seat. The main causes were the errors in seat installation or the securing by means of belts.
The connected child seat with PRE-SAFE® Child (from birth to four years/ 40 – 105 cm, up to 18 kg rear-facing up to 15 months), which was first presented at the Experimental safety vehicle, 2019, reduces the risk of such a faulty operation. The by radio with the vehicle connected the child seat is equipped with its own installation monitoring: Eight icon directly on the seat lead to a self-explanatory step-by-step Assembly and indicate the correct installation. By networking with the vehicle, the seat mounting from the driver and passenger space in the Media can be tracked – Display and controls.
More safety due to belt tension and side-impact protection
The special protection measures of the child seat can be also activated by radio. The vehicle sensor detects a PRE-SAFE® safety-relevant driving situation, will be streamlined within milliseconds, the Five-point harness system of the child seat and a side impact protection Element is extended. The great advantage of this system is: The child is fixated by the tensioned belt is better and more accurate in his seat, and the so-called Belt slack is reduced. Thus, the stress for the child can fall in the case of a collision significantly. So, the side impact protection elements follow this approach.
Prof. Dr.-Ing explained. Rodolfo schöneburg, in the case of Mercedes-Benz as head of the Center, among other things, responsible for vehicle safety: “In the ESF 2019, we have implemented a virtual crumple zone. That is, before a possible accident occurred, can still be valuable measures for the protection of the passengers and the accident opponent implemented This also applies to the safety in the rear seats, especially for the improved protection of children.“ Prof. beautiful castle is convinced that the number of injured children in traffic accidents by PRE-SAFE® Child reduce.
More safety by means of vital monitoring,
Other Highlights of the PRE-SAFE® child seat is a built-in camera and special Sensors that monitor temperature, pulse, respiration and the sleep state of the child. These additional features are especially useful when children under 15 months are correctly transported against the direction of travel in the back seat. During the travel animations (for example, inform “All good” or “child is awake”) in the Media Display about the condition of the child, without the driver or the driver from the road is essential to divert. The representation is intuitively understandable, and the System requires no additional mirror in the interior. In addition, the Stand can be, at a traffic light, for a short time on a Live video image in the Media-Display-switches. All vital data during the travel in addition, on request, with the support of the Mercedes me App on a Smartphone, for example to inform the other parent about the child’s condition. In the case of this child seat with PRE-SAFE® functions, it is a Vision, which has been implemented as a prototype. A series of development has not been decided at the present time. Some of the featured innovations have a high probability to a later implementation.
Mobile kids: More safety outside the vehicle
Mercedes-Benz takes care of not only the protection of its occupants, but also to the safety of all road users. And in turn, this applies especially for the Youngest in road traffic. With MobileKids, a 2001 Initiative launched for traffic safety, children are made fit for the participation in road traffic. More than two million children have now participated. And it’s so easy: Under https://www.mobilekids.net/de/start children can learn at the age of six to ten years in a playful safe behaviour in road traffic. The offer of mobile kids, ranging from the extensive information and educational material for parents and teachers, competitions for educational institutions, to a variety of Online Offers and promotions. Child safety day is in order for Mercedes-Benz, 365 days of the year. Mobile kids is part of the Initiative “Daimler WeCare”. As a globally active group, we make our contribution, bringing social and societal development around the world.
More: https://www.daimler.com/nachhaltigkeit/wecare/.
Experimental safety vehicle (ESF) 2019 – PRE-SAFE® Child: Networked seat with PRE-SAFE® functions. Vital monitoring: temperature, pulse, breathing, sleep state, and seat time for the child to be monitored. During the travel statement to inform meaningful animation in the Media Display as it goes to the child.
