Mercedes-Benz S-Class Incident

Test vehicle 3416 was manually operated while traveling southbound on [XXX], San Jose CA; a two-lane one-way street; when the operator came to a vacant parking space between two parked vehicles. The test operator engaged the ADAS parking assist system to complete a parallel parking maneuver. The test vehicle negotiated the maneuver, reversing into the parking space. When the vehicle shifted from reverse and to drive it was traveling at ~1 MPH when it made contact with the rear bumper of a parked SUV. The test operator disengaged the system and manually completed the parking maneuver. There were no injuries or damage reported.