DRIVER SUPPORT
Your vehicle is equipped with a number of functions to help you drive safely and help prevent accidents. These functions are activated in thecenter display's function view. Keep in mind that these driver supportfunctions are only aids. The driver always has full responsibility for oper-ating the vehicle in a safe manner. A selection of these is listed below: City Safety™ City Safety 9
can help assist the driver in critical situations in order to
help prevent or mitigate a collision with other vehicles, large animals, pedestrians or cyclists. Visual, acoustic and haptic signals are given toalert the driver of a collision and assist you to act in time to avoid it. Ifthe driver does not react quickly enough and a collision is imminent, thesystem can automatically apply the brakes. City Safety is activated whenthe engine is started and cannot be disabled. Blind Spot Information (BLIS) *
BLIS can notify the driver of vehicles in your blind spot and of rapidly approaching vehicles in adjacent lanes.
Cross Traffic Alert (CTA) *
CTA is a supplementary driver support system for BLIS that can alert drivers to crossing traffic behind the vehicle. CTA isactivated when reverse gear is engaged or if the vehicle is roll-ing backward.
Lane Keeping Aid
Lane Keeping Aid can help the driver reduce the risk of the vehicle unintentionally veering out of the lane. To select the type of assistance that should be provided, select
Settings
My CarIntelliSafeLane Keeping Aid Mode in the cen-
ter display's top view. Steering assistance during collision risks Steering assistance during collision risks can help the driver reduce the risk of the vehicle unintentionally veering out of the lane and/or collid-ing with another vehicle/obstacle by actively steering the vehicle backinto the lane and/or swerving out of the way. The function consists ofthe sub-functions Run-Off Mitigation with steering assistance, Steeringassistance during collision risks from oncoming traffic and Steering assistance during collision risks from behind
*. The function can be disa-
bled by tapping
SettingsMy CarIntelliSafeCollision
Avoidance Assistance
in the center display's top view.
Pilot Assist Pilot Assist 10
is a convenience function that can assist the driver in
keeping the vehicle in its own lane and at a set distance to the vehicle ahead. Pilot Assist is selected and activated using the left-side steeringwheel keypad. For steering assistance to be possible, certain conditionsmust be met, e.g. the driver's hands must be on the steering wheel andthe lane markings must be visible. When steering assistance is active, aGREEN steering wheel symbol will be displayed in the instrumentpanel.
9 Not available on all markets.
10 Depending on market, this function can be either standard or optional.
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