Controls
Safety
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When the vehicle speed is mainly below
about 43 mph/70 km/h.
Safety information
WARNING
With a sporty driving style, such as during
rapid acceleration or when cornering fast.
The system does not relieve from per‐
sonal responsibility to assess one's physical
state. An increasing lack of alertness or fatigue
may not be detected or not be detected in
time. There is a risk of an accident. Make sure
that the driver is rested and alert. Adjust driv‐
ing style to traffic conditions.◀
In active driving situations, such as when
changing lanes frequently.
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When the road surface is poor.
In the event of strong side winds.
The system is reset approx. 45 minutes after
parking the vehicle, e.g., in the case of a break
during longer trips on highways.
Function
The system is activated each time the engine
is started and cannot be switched off.
PreCrash
After travel has begun, the system monitors
certain aspects of the driver's behavior, so that
decreasing alertness or fatigue can be de‐
tected.
The concept
With this system critical driving situations that
might result in an accident can be detected
above a speed of approx. 20 mph/30 km/h. In
these situations, preventive measures are au‐
tomatically taken to minimize the risk of an ac‐
cident as much as possible.
This procedure takes the following criteria into
account:
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Personal driving style, e.g., steering behav‐
ior.
Critical driving situations may include:
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Driving conditions, e.g., length of trip.
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Emergency stop.
Starting at approximately 43 mph/70 km/h, the
system is active and can display a recommen‐
dation to take a break.
Severe understeering.
Severe oversteering.
If the vehicle includes the front-end collision
warning or front-end collision warning with
braking feature, impending collisions with vehi‐
cles driving ahead or stopped in front of you
can also be detected within the system's
range.
Break recommendation
If the driver becomes less alert or fatigued, a
message is displayed in the Control Display
with the recommendation to take a break.
A recommendation to take a break is displayed
only once during an uninterrupted trip.
Safety information
After a break, another recommendation to take
a break cannot be displayed until after approxi‐
mately 45 minutes.
WARNING
The system does not relieve from per‐
sonal responsibility. Due to the system limits,
critical situation could not be detected reliably
or in time. There is a risk of an accident. Adjust
driving style to traffic conditions. Watch traffic
closely and actively intervene where appropri‐
ate.◀
System limits
The function may be limited in the following
situations, e.g., and will either output an incor‐
rect warning or no warning at all:
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When the clock is set incorrectly.
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