Mercedes-Benz 2003 S 430 Operator's Manual page 207

Warning!
It is up to the driver to exercise discretion to
select the appropriate setting given road
conditions, traffic, driver's preferred driving
style and applicable laws and driving recom-
mendations for safe following distance.
1 Distance warning function on/off
switch
2 Thumbwheel for setting distance
Increasing distance
G
Increasing the distance setting causes Dis-
tronic to maintain a greater following dis-
tance to the vehicle ahead.
Turn thumbwheel 2 towards ¯ .
Decreasing distance
Decreasing the distance setting causes
Distronic to maintain a shorter following
distance to the vehicle ahead.
Turn thumbwheel 2 towards ® .
Controls in detail
Driving systems
Distance warning function
When Distronic is deactivated, this func-
tion will continue to warn you when recog-
nizing a stationary obstacle or a slower
vehicle moving in the vehicle's path and
the danger of a collision exists:
The distance warning lamp l in the
instrument cluster lights up.
An intermittent warning sounds.
If these warnings are issued, you must
brake manually to maintain a safe distance
and avoid a collision with the vehicle
ahead.
When pressing the brake pedal, the warn-
ing sound stops. The warning sound also
stops when the distance to the vehicle
ahead is sufficient again without applying
the brake pedal. In this case the distance
warning lamp also extinguishes.
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