Important safety notes
ATTENTION ASSIST is only an aid to the driver.It might not always recognize fatigue orincreasing inattentiveness in time or fail torecognize them at all. The system is not a sub-stitute for a well-rested and attentive driver.
The functionality of ATTENTION ASSIST isrestricted and warnings may be delayed or notoccur at all:
Rif the length of the journey is less thanapproximately 30 minutes
Rif the road condition is poor, e.g. if the sur-face is uneven or if there are potholes
Rif there is a strong side wind
Rif you have adopted a sporty driving stylewith high cornering speeds or high rates ofacceleration
Rif you are predominantly driving slower than37 mph (60 km/h) or faster than 125 mph(200 km/h)
Rif the time has been set incorrectly
Rin active driving situations, such as whenyou change lanes or change your speed
ATTENTION ASSIST is reset when you continueyour journey and starts assessing your tired-ness again if:
Ryou switch off the engine
Ryou take off your seat belt and open thedriver's door, e.g. for a change of drivers orto take a break
Displaying the attention level
You can have current status information dis-played in the assistance menu (Ypage 196)of the on-board computer.
XSelect the Assistance display for AttentionAssist using the on-board computer(Ypage 197).
The following information is displayed:
RThe length of the journey since the lastbreak.
RTheAttention LevelAttention Leveldetermined byATTENTION ASSIST, displayed in a bar dis-play in five levels from high to low.
RIf ATTENTION ASSIST is unable to calculatethe attention level and cannot output awarning, theSystem SuspendedSystem Suspendedmessageappears. The bar display then changes thedisplay, such as when you are driving at aspeed below 37 mph (60 km/h) or above125 mph (200 km/h).
Activating ATTENTION ASSIST
XActivate ATTENTION ASSIST using the on-board computer (Ypage 198).The system determines the attention level ofthe driver depending on the setting selec-ted:
StandardStandardselected: the sensitivity with whichthe system determines the attention level isset to normal.
SensitiveSensitiveselected: the sensitivity is sethigher. The attention level detected by Atten-tion Assist is adapted accordingly and thedriver is warned earlier.
When ATTENTION ASSIST is deactivated, the