If the car knows that it's about to be in an unavoidable accident and it is at fault, it has acknowledged that it has fucked up. To think that Mercedes wouldn't find itself in an expensive legal battle the first time that this happens would be ridiculous.
But I would expect that the disengagement is much less abrupt than what Autopilot/FSD do. From [0]:
> After consulting with the engineer in the passenger seat, I closed my eyes completely, and just eight or nine seconds later a prompt popped up asking me to confirm I was still alert. I ignored it, which soon started the 10-second countdown toward disengagement.
Which makes sense: if the point of the system is for you to be able to turn around and help your kids for a few seconds or watch a TV show on the center console, they simply can't expect that they can ding and have you regain control instantly.
But I would expect that the disengagement is much less abrupt than what Autopilot/FSD do. From [0]:
> After consulting with the engineer in the passenger seat, I closed my eyes completely, and just eight or nine seconds later a prompt popped up asking me to confirm I was still alert. I ignored it, which soon started the 10-second countdown toward disengagement.
Which makes sense: if the point of the system is for you to be able to turn around and help your kids for a few seconds or watch a TV show on the center console, they simply can't expect that they can ding and have you regain control instantly.
[0] https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1136914_mercedes-drive-p...