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City Safety braking for oncoming vehicles

City Safety can help you apply the brakes for an oncoming vehicle in your lane.

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

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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
  • the function requires functioning Electric Seat Belt Tensioners (see section “Seat belt tensioners”).

 Note

The function uses the vehicle's combined camera and radar unit, which has certain general limitations; see sections "Camera limitations" and "Radar sensor limitations".

 Warning

  • The "City Safety braking for oncoming vehicles" function is supplementary driver support intended to help improve driving safety – it cannot handle all situations in all traffic, weather and road conditions.
  • Warnings and brake interventions due to an imminent collision with an oncoming vehicle always come very late.
  • Never wait for a collision warning or for City Safety to intervene. If you notice any hazard or other potentially dangerous situation, always fully apply the brakes.
  • City Safety is not a substitute for the driver's attention and judgment. The driver is always responsible for ensuring the vehicle is driven in a safe manner, at the appropriate speed, with an appropriate distance to other vehicles, and in accordance with current traffic rules and regulations.

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