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 steering assis-tance can also strengthen your steering movements if you have begunevasive action and the system detects that the steering movements arenot sufficient to avoid a collision. City Safety is activated when theengine 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 with auto-brake is a supplementary driver support sys-
tem for BLIS that can alert the driver of crossing traffic behind the vehicle. If the driver does not notice the alert from CTA anda collision is unavoidable, the function can stop the vehicle.CTA is activated if reverse gear is engaged or if the vehicle isrolling 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
The Collision avoidance assistance function can help the
driver reduce the risk of the vehicle unintentionally veering out of the lane and/or colliding with another vehicle/obstacle byactively steering the vehicle back into the lane and/or swerv-ing out of the way. The function consists of the sub-functionsRun-Off Mitigation with steering assistance and Steeringassistance during collision risks from oncoming traffic.
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. both of the driver's hands must be on the steeringwheel and the lane markings must be visible. When steering assistanceis active, a GREEN steering wheel symbol will be displayed in theinstrument panel.
9 Not available on all markets.
10 Depending on market, this function can be either standard or optional.
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