DRIVER SUPPORT
City Safety will not intervene to automatically
apply the brakes if it is possible for the driver
to avoid a collision by steering the vehicle.
Automatic braking during delayed
evasive maneuvers with City
Safety
City Safety braking for oncoming
vehicles
City Safety can help you apply the brakes for
City Safety59 can assist the driver by auto-
matically braking the vehicle when it is not
possible to avoid a collision by steering alone.
City Safety assists the driver by periodically
attempting to predict possible "escape
routes" to the sides of the vehicle in the event
a slow-moving or stationary vehicle were to be
detected at a late stage.
an oncoming vehicle in your lane.
However, if City Safety determines that an
evasive maneuver would not be possible due
to traffic in the adjacent lane(s), the function
can assist the driver by automatically starting
to apply the brakes at an earlier stage.
If an oncoming vehicle veers into your lane
and a collision is unavoidable, City Safety can
help reduce your vehicle's speed to attempt to
mitigate the force of the collision.
Related information
City Safety™ (p. 314)
•
City Safety limitations (p. 324)
•
Own vehicle
Oncoming vehicles
Your vehicle (1) cannot detect any potential escape
routes for veering away from the vehicle ahead (2)
and may therefore apply the brakes at an earlier
stage.
The following criteria must be met for the
function to work:
Own vehicle
your vehicle's speed must be above
4 km/h (3 mph)
•
Slow-moving/stationary vehicles
the road must be straight
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This function is not available on all markets.
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