Mercedes’ Dr. Rodolfo Schöneburg receives U.S. Government Award for Safety Engineering Excellence

The US transport safety authority, has awarded the U.S. Government Award for Safety Engineering Excellence to Dr. Rodolfo Schöneburg, Head of Passenger Car Safety Development at Mercedes-Benz. This award marks the US government's recognition of the outstanding contribution which this Mercedes engineer has made to the field of automotive safety.

The system can identify hazardous situations at an early stage and take precautionary measures to prepare the vehicle occupants for a potential accident. The U.S. Government Award is bestowed every two years on the occasion of the Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV). The world's largest automotive safety conference, this year's ESV gathering in Lyon was attended by some 1000 engineers, politicians and representatives of authorities who discussed measures and technologies designed to bring further improvements in road safety.