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4-5. Using the driving support systems
The Rear Cross Traffic Alert function detection areas
The areas that vehicles can be detected in are outlined below.
To give the driver a more consistent time to react, the buzzer can alert for faster
vehicles from farther away.
Example:
Approaching vehicle
Fast
Slow
The Rear Cross Traffic Alert function is operational when
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The BSM function is turned on.
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The shift lever is in R.
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Vehicle speed is less than approximately 5 mph (8 km/h).
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Approaching vehicle speed is between approximately 5 mph (8 km/h) and 18 mph
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(28 km/h).
Conditions under which the Rear Cross Traffic Alert function will not detect a vehicle
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The Rear Cross Traffic Alert function is not designed to detect the following types of
vehicles and/or objects.
Small motorcycles, bicycles, pedestrians etc.
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Vehicles approaching from directly behind
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Guardrails, walls, signs, parked vehicles and similar stationary objects
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Vehicles moving away from your vehicle
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Vehicles approaching from the parking spaces next to your vehicle
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Vehicles backing up in the parking space next to your vehicle
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: Depending on conditions, detection of a vehicle and/or object may occur.
GS350_300_GS F_OM_OM30G34U_(U)
Speed
18 mph (28 km/h)
5 mph (8 km/h)
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Approximate
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alert distance
65 ft. (20 m)
18 ft. (5.5 m)
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