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Yesterday's Mercedes standard is today's law.
A couple quote's about safety and Mercedes, first thanks everyone for the improvement in this forum, making my job alot easier.
Yesterday's Mercedes standard is today's law.
Mercedes-Benz has repeatedly given decisive new impetus to improving passive safety. One example is the offset crash test, first with a rigid barrier from 1979 and then with a deformable barrier from 1992. This realistic test procedure developed by Mercedes-Benz in the early 90s was used as the basis for the European crash test.
But not always top of the class.
A manufacturer that goes to so much trouble should really come out on top in every test. But the Mercedes-Benz safety philosophy is not aimed primarily at test results, but at providing vehicle occupants with as much protection as possible in real-life accident situations. The result is that Mercedes-Benz vehicles do not always finish first in individual tests-especially those that have no real world merit.
Gilly
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