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WARNING
•The "City Safety in crossing traffic" func- tion is supplementary driver supportintended to improve driving safety – itcannot handle all situations in all traffic,weather and road conditions.
• Warnings and brake interventions due toa collision risk with an oncoming vehicleoften come very late.
• Never wait for a collision warning or forCity Safety to intervene.
• City Safety is not a substitute for the driv-er's attention and judgment. The driver isalways responsible for ensuring the vehi-cle is driven in a safe manner, at theappropriate speed, with an appropriatedistance to other vehicles, and in accord-ance with current traffic rules and regula-tions.
Related information
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City Safety
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Limitations of City Safety incrossing traffic
In certain situations, it may be difficult for City Safety to help the driver avoid a collision withcrossing traffic.
For example:
• on slippery roads when Electronic Stability Control (ESC) is actively operating
• if an approaching vehicle is detected at a latestage
• if the oncoming vehicle is partially obstructedby another vehicle or object
• if the oncoming vehicle's headlights are off
• if the oncoming vehicle is moving erraticallyand e.g. suddenly changes lanes at a latestage.
NOTE
The function uses the vehicle's camera unit, which has some general limitations – see thesection "Camera unit limitations".
NOTE
The function uses the vehicle's radar unit, which has some general limitations – see thesection "Radar unit limitations".
Related information
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City Safety
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City Safety limitations
City Safety functionality may be reduced in cer- tain situations.
Surroundings
Low objects
Hanging objects, such as flags for overhanging loads or accessories such as auxiliary lights orfront protective grids that extend beyond theheight of the hood, may limit City Safety function-ality.
Slippery road conditions
The extended braking distance on slippery roads may reduce City Safety's capacity to help avoid acollision. In these types of situations, the Anti-lock Braking System and Electronic Stability Con- trol (ESC 73
) will help provide optimal braking
power with maintained stability.
Backlighting
The visual warning signal in the windshield may be difficult to detect in bright sunlight, if there arereflections, or if the driver is wearing sunglassesor not looking straight ahead.
Heat
If the temperature in the passenger compartment is high due to e.g. bright sunlight, the visual warn-ing signal in the windshield may be temporarilydisabled.
Camera and radar sensor's field of vision
The camera's field of vision is limited and in cer- tain situations, it may be unable to detect pedes-trians, large animals, cyclists or vehicles, or it maydetect them later than expected. Vehicles that are dirty may be detected later than clean vehicles, and in dark conditions, motorcy-cles may be detected late or not at all. If a text message displayed in the instrument panel indicates that the camera/radar sensor isobstructed, it may be difficult for City Safety todetect pedestrians, large animals, cyclists, vehi-cles or lane markings in front of the vehicle. CitySafety functionality may therefore be reduced. Text messages may not be displayed for all situa- tions in which the windshield sensors areblocked. The driver must therefore always keepthe windshield in front of the camera/radar sen-sor clean.
CAUTION
Maintenance and replacement of City Safety components may only be performed by aworkshop – an authorized Volvo workshop isrecommended.
Driver intervention
Backing up
City Safety is temporarily deactivated when the vehicle is backing up.
Low speed
City Safety is not activated at very low speeds under 4 km/h (3 mph). The system will thereforenot intervene in situations in which your vehicle isapproaching another vehicle very slowly, such aswhen parking.
Active driver
Action by the driver always has priority. City Safety will therefore not react or will react at alater stage with a warning or intervention in situa-tions in which the driver is clearly steering andoperating the accelerator pedal, even if a collisionis unavoidable. An active and aware driving style may therefore delay collision warnings and intervention in order to minimize unnecessary warnings.
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Other limitations
WARNING
•Warnings and brake interventions can be triggered late or not at all if the traffic sit-uation or external influences prevent thecamera and radar unit from properlydetecting pedestrians, cyclists, large ani-mals or vehicles ahead of the vehicle.
• To be able to detect vehicles at night, itsfront and rear lights must work and illumi-nate clearly.
• The camera and radar unit have a limitedrange for pedestrians and cyclists – thesystem can provide effective warningsand brake interventions if the relativespeed is lower than 50 km/h (30 mph).For stationary or slow-moving vehicles,warnings and brake interventions areeffective at vehicle speeds of up to70 km/h (43 mph). Speed reduction forlarge animals is less than 15 km/h(9 mph) and can be achieved at vehiclespeeds over 70 km/h (43 mph). At lowerspeeds, the warning and brake interven-tion for large animals is less effective.
• Warnings for stationary or slow-movingvehicles and large animals can be disen-gaged due to darkness or poor visibility.
• Warnings and brake interventions for pedestrians and cyclists are disengagedat vehicle speeds over 80 km/h(50 mph).
• Do not place, affix or mount anything onthe inside or outside of the windshield, orin front of or around the camera andradar unit – this could disrupt camera-based functions.
• Objects, snow, ice or dirt in the area ofthe camera sensor can reduce the func-tion, disengage it completely or give animproper function response.
NOTE
The function uses the vehicle's camera unit, which has some general limitations – see thesection "Camera unit limitations".
NOTE
The function uses the vehicle's radar unit, which has some general limitations – see thesection "Radar unit limitations".
Market limitationsCity Safety is not available in all countries. If City Safety is not shown in the center display's
Settings menu, your vehicle is not equipped with
this function. In the center display's Top view, tap:
•
SettingsMy CarIntelliSafe
Related information
• City Safety
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BLIS*
The BLIS 74
function is designed to help provide
assistance in heavy traffic with several lanes moving in the same direction by helping thedriver to detect the presence of vehicles in the"blind spot" area behind and to the side of thevehicle.
BLIS is a driver support system designed to alert the driver of:
• vehicles in your "blind spot"
• vehicles approaching rapidly in adjacentlanes.
Location of BLIS indicator light. 75
Indicator light
The BLIS button in the center display's Func- tion view is used to activate/deactivate thefunction.
BLIS overview
Blind spot zone
Rapidly approaching vehicle zone.
The BLIS function is active at speeds above 10 km/h (6 mph). The system is designed to react to: • vehicles passing your vehicle
• vehicles that are rapidly approaching your vehicle from behind.
When BLIS detects a vehicle in zone 1 or a rap- idly approaching vehicle in zone 2, an indicatorlight will illuminate in the relevant rearview mirrorand glow steadily. If the driver then uses the turnsignal on the side in which the warning has been
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NOTE
The light illuminates on the side of the vehicle where the system has detected the vehicle. Ifthe vehicle is passed on both sides simulta-neously, both lights come on.
WARNING
•
The BLIS function is supplementary driver support intended to facilitate driving andhelp make it safer – it cannot handle allsituations in all traffic, weather and roadconditions.
• The responsibility for changing lanessafely and using good judgment alwaysrests with the driver.
• BLIS is not a substitute for the driver'sattention and judgment. The driver isalways responsible for ensuring the vehi-cle is driven in a safe manner, at theappropriate speed, with an appropriatedistance to other vehicles, and in accord-ance with current traffic rules and regula-tions.
Related information
• Activating/deactivating BLIS (p. 338)
• BLIS limitations (p. 339) •
Recommended maintenance for BLIS(p. 340)
• BLIS messages (p. 341)
Activating/deactivating BLIS The BLIS 76
function can be activated/deacti-
vated.
Location of BLIS indicator light. 77
Indicator light
The BLIS button in the center display's Func- tion view is used to activate/deactivate thefunction.
–Tap the BLIS button in Function view.
> The BLIS indicator light shows the status of the function: GREEN (on) or GRAY (off).
If BLIS is activated when the engine is started,the indicator lights in the rearview mirrors willflash once. If BLIS is deactivated when the engine is turned off, it will remain off the next time the engine isstarted and the indicator lights will not illuminate.
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Activating/deactivating Cross TrafficAlert
The driver can choose to deactivate the CTA 86
function as follows:
Press the Cross Traffic Alertbutton in the center display's Function view.
• GRAY button indicator light - CTA is deacti- vated.
• GREEN button indicator light - CTA is acti-vated.
CTA is automatically activated each time theengine is started.
Related information
• Cross Traffic Alert
* (p. 342)
Cross Traffic Alert limitations
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functionality may be reduced in certain
situations.
CTA does not function optimally in all situations and has certain limitations. The CTA sensors, forexample, cannot "see" through other parkedvehicles or objects blocking the vehicle. Below are a few examples of situations in which CTA's field of vision may be initially limited andapproaching vehicles may therefore not bedetected until they are very close to your vehicle:
The vehicle is parked very far into a parking space.
In a diagonal parking space, CTA may be completely "blind" on one side of your vehicle.
CTA's blind zone.
CTA's field of vision.
However, as you back your vehicle slowly out of a parking space, CTA's field of vision changes inrelation to the obstructing vehicle/object and itsblind zone is reduced.
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Activating/deactivating Road SignInformation
The Road Sign Information function can be switched On or Off .
Press the
Road Sign
Information button in the cen-
ter display's Function view.
• GREEN button indicator light - RSI is acti- vated.
• GRAY button indicator light - RSI is deacti-vated.
NOTE
•If the Automatic Speed Limiter function is activated, road sign information is shownin the driver display even if RSI is notactivated.
• To remove road sign information from the driver display, you must deactivate
both
Automatic Speed Limiter and RSI.
• When the Automatic Speed Limiter func- tion is activated but RSI is deactivated, nowarnings are given from RSI. In this situa-tion, settings for RSI cannot be adjustedeither - to be able to adjust settings aswell as receive warnings, RSI must beactivated.
Related information
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Road Sign Information
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Road Sign Information and signdisplays
Road Sign Information (RSI 93
) displays road
signs in different ways depending on the sign and situation.
Example 94
of registered speed information.
When RSI has registered a speed limit sign, the sign will be displayed as a symbol in the instru-ment panel and a RED marking will be shown inthe speedometer's speed scale.
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Selecting guidance to a rest area ifthe Driver Alert Control warning hasbeen givenThe
Rest Stop Guidance function can be
switched on or off.
When the guide is activated, it will automatically display suggestions for a suitable place to take abreak if the DAC warning is given. To select
Rest Stop Guidance:
1. Tap
Settings in the center display's Top
view.
2. Select
My CarIntelliSafeDriver Alert
Control.
3. Select/deselect
Rest Stop Guidance to
activate/deactivate the function.
Related information
• Driver Alert Control (p. 351)
Driver Alert Control limitations
Driver Alert Control (DAC) functionality may be reduced in certain situations.
In certain situations, the system may provide a warning even if it has not detected a change indriving behavior, e.g.:
• in strong crosswinds
• on grooved road surfaces.
WARNING
In certain cases, driving behavior might not be affected despite the driver's fatigue – whenusing the Pilot Assist function – resulting inthe driver not getting a warning from DAC. It is therefore very important to always stop and take a break at the slightest sign of fati-gue, regardless of whether the DAC functionhas issued a warning or not.
NOTE
The function uses the vehicle's camera unit, which has some general limitations – see thesection "Camera unit limitations".
Related information
• Driver Alert Control (p. 351)
Lane Keeping Aid
Lane Keeping Aid (LKA 103
) is designed to
actively steer the vehicle on freeways, highways and other major roads to help the driver reducethe risk of the vehicle unintentionally veering outof the lane.
Lake Keeping Assistance steers the vehicle back into the lane and/or alerts the driver using vibra-tions in the steering wheel. Lane Keeping Aid is active at speeds between 65-200 km/h (40-125 mph) on roads withclearly visible traffic lane marker lines. On narrow roads, the function may be unavailable and go into standby mode. The function willbecome available again when the road becomessufficiently wide.
A camera monitors the road/traffic lane's marker lines.
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