A procedure automatically resolves vertical differences commonly found when merging and combining Digital Elevation Models from different collection and production systems. For manufacturing such a side impact beam, a semifinished flat blank is cut to size of constant width from a sheet metal material band of constant thickness and includes an elongated center portion of constant width and a length which is at least half a length of the blank, wherein the center portion terminates on opposite ends in tongue-shaped end portions. When the vehicle operator applies the brakes, the light entwining the whip changes to red to warn that the vehicle is braking. The electrode array is formed in a single metal layer and disposed in the insulating layer either below or above the TMR component.