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Mercedes-Benz Active Safety Experience

Thank you to all of our clients who attended the Mercedes-Benz Active Safety Experience program held on 17th of July at Eastern Creek Raceway, hosted by Mr Peter Hackett and our General Sales manager, Mr John Fogarty.

I trust by participating in the day you were able to develop an awareness and wider understanding of your capabilities, improve your reflexes and knowledge for driving on our roads today. I hope that your driving experiences will now be more pleasurable.

Our Mercedes-Benz Active Safety Experience aims to teach the essential skills for safe driving and to develop driving confidence with an emphasis on car control and skid avoidance. Offering experienced drivers, such as yourself, the opportunity to improve skills and sharpen reflexes. It is designed to ensure you spend the maximum time in the car and learn accident avoidance techniques and control of a car under emergency braking. Track work reinforces the importance of correct driving posture as well as cornering, and other day to day driving techniques. Mercedes-Benz’ objective is to improve safety on the road.

The half day experience was split up into two sessions. Morning and afternoon which included:

An introduction of the Driving Instructors and an overview of what the morning or afternoon experience included
A short talk about the technology involved in the state-of-the-art Mercedes-Benz range and how it could save your life
A demonstration of the effect that the Electronic Stability Program (ESP) has in adverse conditions, clients were thrown in the deep end, attempting to control a C-Class without ESP and in simulated wet and icy conditions. Needless to say that the C-Class spun out of control on numerous occasions. Clients then got the advantage of having ESP turned on and were amazed at the difference it created, no more spins!
Skid pad experience which showed us all the correct steering technique
Sudden braking at 60, 80 & 110km/h
A fun exercise where each person had to maneuver through some aggressively placed cones and bring the B200 to a stop inside a designated area in the quickest time possible.

From the conclusion of the day we hope that you are prepared both physically and mentally to cope with the unexpected hazards that occur in traffic and on the road everyday. The ability to identify and enhance your strengths by sensitising yourselves to critical situations and help respond automatically and safely.

We only hope that this unique event remains a lasting experience with lasting value!

We look forward to seeing in our showroom soon for refreshments. In the interim please do not hesitate to contact Amy Duff on (02) 8545 8300 should you have any questions or to register your interest when we will next be hosting this event.