Would you put your life in the hands of radar cruise control? Watch CAR’s new film as we test Mercedes’ Distronic Plus auto-brake cruise control in our latest Does It Work? video series to see if space-age radars really can replace a human being at the wheel.
CAR’s associate editor Tim Pollard aims at the car in front, removes his feet from the pedals (don’t try this at home – we were on the safety of a private test track!) and tells his colleague not to panic that a two-tonne Merc S-class is bearing down on them. Scroll down to watch the video embedded in this page.
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