DRIVER SUPPORTYour vehicle is equipped with a number of functions to help you drive safely and help prevent accidents. These functions are acti-vated in the center display's function view. Keep in mind that thesedriver support functions are only aids. The driver always has fullresponsibility for operating the vehicle in a safe manner. A selectionof these is listed below: City Safety ™
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can help assist the driver in critical situations in order
to help prevent or mitigate a collision with other vehicles, large ani- mals, pedestrians or cyclists. Visual, acoustic and haptic signals aregiven to alert the driver of a collision and assist you to act in time toavoid it. If you do not have time to react and a collision is imminent,the system can automatically apply the brakes. City Safety is acti-vated when the 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 is activated when reverse gear is engaged or if thevehicle is rolling 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 thetype of assistance that should be provided, select
Settings
My CarIntelliSafeLane Keeping Aid Mode in
the center 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/obsta-cle by actively steering the vehicle back into the laneand/or swerving out of the way. The function consists ofthe sub-functions Run-Off Mitigation with steering assis-tance, Steering assistance during collision risks fromoncoming traffic and Steering assistance during collision risks from behind *.
Pilot Assist Pilot Assist 13
is a convenience function that can assist the driver in
keeping the vehicle in its own lane and at a set distance to the vehi- cle ahead. Pilot Assist is selected and activated using the left-sidesteering wheel keypad. For steering assistance to be possible, cer-
tain conditions must be met, e.g. both of the driver's hands mustbe on the steering wheel and the lane markings must be visible.When steering assistance is active, a GREEN steering wheel sym-bol will be displayed in the instrument panel.
12 Not available on all markets.
13 Depending on market, this function can be either standard or optional.
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