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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 overhangingloads 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 roadsmay reduce City Safety's capacity to help avoid acollision. In these types of situations, the Anti-lock Braking System and Electronic Stability Con-
trol (ESC72) will help provide optimal brakingpower with maintained stability.
Backlighting
The visual warning signal in the windshield maybe 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 compartmentis 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 thanclean vehicles, and in dark conditions, motorcy-cles may be detected late or not at all.
If a text message displayed in the instrumentpanel 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 Safetycomponents may only be performed by aworkshop – an authorized Volvo workshop isrecommended.
Driver intervention
Backing up
City Safety is temporarily deactivated when thevehicle is backing up.
Low speed
City Safety is not activated at very low speedsunder 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. CitySafety 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 thereforedelay collision warnings and intervention in orderto minimize unnecessary warnings.
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Other limitations
WARNING
Warnings and brake interventions can betriggered 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 forpedestrians 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 combinedcamera and radar unit, which has certain gen-eral limitations; see sections "Camera limita-tions" and "Radar sensor limitations".
Market limitations
City Safety is not available in all countries. If CitySafety is not shown in the center display'sSettings menu, your vehicle is not equipped withthis function.
In the center display's Top view, tap:
SettingsMy CarIntelliSafe
Related information
City Safety™ (p. 335)
Camera limitations (p. 332)
Radar sensor limitations (p. 327)
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BLIS*
The BLIS73 function is designed to help provideassistance in heavy traffic with several lanesmoving 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 alertthe driver of:
vehicles in your "blind spot"
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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 speedsabove 10 km/h (6 mph).
The system is designed to react to:
vehicles passing your vehicle
vehicles that are rapidly approaching yourvehicle 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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given, the indicator light will become brighter andbegin flashing.
NOTE
The light illuminates on the side of the vehiclewhere 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 driversupport 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. 351)
BLIS limitations (p. 352)
Recommended maintenance for BLIS(p. 353)
BLIS messages (p. 354)
Activating/deactivating BLIS
The BLIS75 function can be activated/deacti-vated.
Location of BLIS indicator light.76
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 statusof 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 turnedoff, it will remain off the next time the engine isstarted and the indicator lights will not illuminate.
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Road Sign Information with speed camerainformation (p. 363)
Road Sign Information limitations (p. 364)
Activating/deactivating Road SignInformation
The Road Sign Information function can beswitched On or Off.
Press the Road SignInformation 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 isactivated, road sign information is shown
in the driver display even if RSI92 is notactivated.
To remove road sign information from thedriver display, you must deactivate bothAutomatic Speed Limiter and RSI.
When the Automatic Speed Limiter func-tion is activated but RSI is deactivated, nowarnings are given from RSI. RSI mustalso be activated for warnings to be pos-sible.
Related information
Road Sign Information* (p. 359)
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Selecting guidance to a rest area ifthe Driver Alert Control warning hasbeen given
The Rest Stop Guidance function can beswitched on or off.
In vehicles equipped with Sensus Navigation*, thedriver can activate a guide that can automaticallysuggest a suitable rest stop if the DAC warningis given.
To select Rest Stop Guidance:
1.Tap Settings in the center display's Topview.
2.Select My CarIntelliSafeDriver AlertControl.
3.Select/deselect Rest Stop Guidance toactivate/deactivate the function.
Related information
Driver Alert Control (p. 365)
Driver Alert Control limitations
Driver Alert Control (DAC) functionality may bereduced in certain situations.
In certain situations, the system may provide awarning 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 beaffected 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 stopand 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. 365)
Camera limitations (p. 332)
Lane Keeping Aid
Lane Keeping Aid (LKA103) is designed toactively steer the vehicle on freeways, highwaysand other major roads to help the driver reducethe risk of the vehicle unintentionally veering outof the lane.
Lake Keeping Assistance steers the vehicle backinto the lane and/or alerts the driver using vibra-tions in the steering wheel.
Lane Keeping Aid is active at speeds between65-200 km/h (40-125 mph) on roads withclearly visible traffic lane marker lines.
On narrow roads, the function may be unavailableand 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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Lane Keeping Aid steers the vehicle back into its lane.
Lane Keeping Aid alerts the driver using vibrations in thesteering wheel104.
Depending on the settings used, Lane KeepingAid functions in different ways:
With Assist105 activated: When the vehicleapproaches a lane marker line, LKA willactively steer the vehicle back into the laneusing light pressure on the steering wheel.
With Warning105 activated: If the vehicle isabout to move over a lane marker line, thedriver will be alerted by vibrations in thesteering wheel.
NOTE
When the direction indicator is activated, theLane Keeping Aid does not provide any warn-ing or intervene with steering.
WARNING
The Lane Keeping Aid function is supple-mentary driver support intended to helpimprove driving safety – it cannot handleall situations in all traffic, weather androad conditions.
The function is not a substitute for thedriver's attention and judgment. The driveris always responsible for ensuring thevehicle 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.
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vated, another symbol will illuminate and thefollowing message will be displayed:
– Lane Keeping Aid – Applysteering
LKA will then be deactivated until the driverbegins actively steering the vehicle again.
The audible signal will stop and the informationsymbol and message will disappear when LKAdetects that the driver is actively steering thevehicle again.
Related information
Lane Keeping Aid (p. 367)
Activating/deactivating LaneKeeping Aid
The Lane Keeping Aid (LKA107) function can beswitched On or Off.
On/Off
Press the Lane Keeping Aidbutton in the center display'sFunction view.
GREEN button indicator light - LKA is acti-vated.
GRAY button indicator light - LKA is deacti-vated.
Related information
Lane Keeping Aid (p. 367)
Selecting type of assistance forLane Keeping Aid
The driver can determine what types of assis-
tance LKA108 should provide if the vehicle veersfrom its lane.
1. Select SettingsMy CarIntelliSafe inthe center display's Top view.
2.Under Lane Keeping Aid Mode, selectwhat assistance LKA should provide:
Assist the driver will receive steeringassistance but no warning.
Both - the driver will receive both steeringassistance and a warning.
Warning - the driver will only receive awarning.
Related information
Lane Keeping Aid (p. 367)
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