Actros: Greater safety - Mercedes-Benz Trucks

Greater safety – as standard.

Protecting drivers, vehicles and other road users – the Actros comes with a wide range of safety components as standard equipment. Digital assistants don't relieve drivers of responsibility, but can effectively support them in critical situations. For example, Active Brake Assist 5^{285, 287}: This feature can automatically initiate full-stop braking when approaching stationary and moving objects in certain situations, in so doing exceeding legal requirements. It also comes with Spurhalte-Assistent²⁸⁷, Stabilitätsregel-Assistent²⁸⁷, Aufmerksamkeits-Assistent²⁸⁷ and other digital assist systems like MirrorCam^{287, 271}.

Turning right in an urban environment can pose very particular dangers: Here, within the system limits, the optional Active Sideguard Assist§§287^{1, 248} can warn the driver in certain situations and even trigger automatic braking.

Safety and assistance systems at a glance.

Comprehensive range of standard equipment including Active Brake Assist 5^{285, 287}, Stability Control Assist²⁸⁷, Lane Keeping Assist²⁸⁷, Attention Assist²⁸⁷ and follow-me-home lighting
Enhanced MirrorCam^{287, 271}
Increased driving comfort and high efficiency thanks to Active Drive Assist 2^{287, 248, 284}
Other safety components: Proximity Control Assist^{287, 98} with stop-and-go function, Active Sideguard Assist^{287, 1, 248}, Traffic Sign Assist^{287, 256}, Trailer Stability Control Assist^{287, 246}
Better to see and be seen with automatic high beam, low beam and turn lights¹, LED daytime driving lights, LED rear lights¹
LED main headlamps¹, cornering light¹, front fog lamp¹

Safety and assistance systems.

Our trucks put safety first. That's why Active Brake Assist 5^{285, 287} comes as part of the standard equipment. It assists drivers²⁸⁷ in certain situations by initiating a full application of the brakes if stationary and moving objects are detected. It can also initiate a partial or full application of the brakes in response to moving pedestrians being detected – thus reducing the consequences of an accident or completely preventing one from happening in the first place.

The Active Sideguard Assist^{287, 1, 248} can assist the driver when turning or changing lanes by detecting moving and stationary objects in the warning zone on the right or in the tracking pattern in certain situations^{201, 211} and providing visual and audible warnings for the driver. The system can also contribute to a reduction in the severity of accidents within the system limits by means of automated braking to standstill. In ideal situations, it can even prevent accidents altogether.

In suitable conditions, the new assistance system recognises certain traffic signs in real time and displays the two most important signs in the instrument cluster which can help enhance safety and driving comfort.