Active Lane Keeping Assist - Mercedes-Benz 2012 C-Class Operator's Manual

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Active Lane Keeping Assist

Important safety notes
Active Lane Keeping Assist monitors the area
in front of your vehicle by means of a camera
at the top of the windshield. Active Lane
Keeping Assist detects lane markings on the
road and warns you before you leave your
lane unintentionally. If you do not react to the
warning, a lane-correcting application of the
brakes can bring the vehicle back into the
original lane.
Active Lane Keeping Assist camera
:
If you have selected the
Speed-/Odometer(
the on-board computer and select
unit of measurement, Active Lane Keeping
Assist is active from speeds of 60 km/h. If
miles
the display unit is selected, the
assistance range begins at 40 mph.
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WARNING
Active Lane Keeping Assist does not keep
your vehicle in its lane. It is only an aid and
may detect the lane markings on the road
incorrectly or not at all.
The system may be impaired or may not
function if:
several or no lane markings for a single lane
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are present.
there is poor visibility, e.g. due to
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insufficient illumination of the road, or due
to snow, rain, fog or spray.
there is glare, e.g. from oncoming traffic,
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the sun, or reflection from other vehicles.
Display Unit
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km
as the
the windshield is dirty, fogged up or
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covered, for instance by a sticker, in the
vicinity of the camera.
the lane markings are worn away, dark or
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covered up, e.g. by dirt or snow.
the distance to the vehicle in front is too
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small and the lane markings thus cannot be
detected.
the lane markings on the road are unclear,
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e.g. near roadworks.
the lane markings change quickly, e.g.
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lanes branch off, cross one another or
merge.
the road is narrow and winding.
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Active Lane Keeping Assist cannot detect
road and traffic conditions. It is not a
substitute for attentive driving. You are
responsible for the vehicle's speed, braking in
good time, and steering correctly. Always
adapt your driving style to suit the prevailing
road and weather conditions. Always pay
attention to traffic conditions and your
surroundings. Otherwise, you may fail to
recognize dangers in time, cause an accident
and injure yourself and others.
Warning vibration in the steering wheel
A warning can be given when a front wheel
passes over a lane marking. You will be
warned by means of intermittent vibration in
the steering wheel for up to 1.5 seconds.
In order that you are warned only when
necessary and in good time if you cross the
lane marking, the system recognizes certain
conditions and warns you accordingly.
The warning vibration occurs earlier if:
you approach the outer lane marking on a
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bend.
the road has very wide lanes, e.g. a
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freeway.
the system recognizes solid lane markings.
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The warning vibration occurs later if:
the road has narrow lanes.
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you cut the corner on a bend.
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I n f o r ma t i o n P r o v i d e d b y :