Assistance during collision risks in oncoming traffic

Assistance during collision risks1 can help the driver by providing steering assistance to help prevent collisions with vehicles in oncoming lanes. The function can also reduce your vehicle's speed when an oncoming vehicle is approaching in your lane to attempt to mitigate the force of the impact.

Oncoming vehicles in your own lane

If an oncoming vehicle veers into your lane and a collision is unavoidable, the function can help reduce your vehicle's speed to attempt to mitigate the force of the collision.

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  1. P5-Icon red circle 1Own vehicle
  2. P5-Icon red circle 2Oncoming vehicles
The following criteria must be met for the function to work:
  • your vehicle's speed must be above 4 km/h (3 mph)
  • the road must be straight
  • your lane must have clear side lane markings
  • your vehicle must be positioned straight in your lane
  • the oncoming vehicle must be positioned within your vehicle's lane markings
  • the oncoming vehicle's headlights must be on
  • the function can only handle “front-to-front” collisions
  • the function can only detect vehicles with four wheels.

When the vehicle veers into oncoming traffic

This function can help assist a distracted driver who has not noticed that the vehicle is veering into oncoming traffic.

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The function provides assistance by swerving your vehicle back into your own lane.
  1. P5-Icon red circle 1Oncoming vehicles
  2. P5-Icon red circle 2Own vehicle

The function is active at speeds between 60-140 km/h (37-87 mph) on roads with clearly visible traffic lane markings/lines.

If your vehicle is starting to veer from your own lane and a vehicle is approaching from the opposite direction, this function can help the driver steer the vehicle back into its own lane.

However, the function will not provide steering assistance if the turn signal is used. The function will also not be activated if it detects that the driver is actively operating the vehicle.

When the function is intervening, a symbol and a message will appear in the instrument panel and an audible signal will sound.

 Warning

Warnings and steering assistance due to an imminent collision with an oncoming vehicle always come very late.

 Note

The function uses the vehicle's camera and radar sensor, which has certain general limitations.
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