Patent ID: 8447509

Claim:
A system adapted to test crash avoidance technologies in a subject vehicle, the system comprising: a base station comprising a computer in electronic communication with the subject vehicle and with a Guided Soft Target (GST); the Guided Soft Target (GST) comprising: a soft body in the form of a collision partner; and removably mounted to a motorized Dynamic Motion Element (DME) and adapted to travel across the ground and into the path of the subject vehicle, the DME having a plurality of wheels, at least one of which is retractable such that the at least one wheel retracts when the subject vehicle drives up onto the DME; the DME comprising an exterior body having: a bottom surface held above the ground by a vertical distance GC by a plurality of wheels attached with and extending down from the DME to the ground; a top substantially horizontal surface above the bottom surface, the top surface above the ground by a vertical distance H; a front upper surface above the bottom surface and below the top surface and at a first angle to the ground; a rear upper surface above the bottom surface and below the top surface and at a second angle to the ground; a left upper surface above the bottom surface and below the top surface and at a third angle to the ground; a right upper surface above the bottom surface and below the top surface and at a fourth angle to the ground; the exterior body extending longitudinally by a length L and extending latitudinally by a width W; wherein: H is less than 350 millimeters; and the first, second, third and fourth angles to the ground are no more than 45 degrees; wherein the DME is adapted to travel across the ground and into the path of the subject vehicle.