Lexus ES 250 Owner's Manual page 254

Vehicle-to-vehicle
Distance options
Approximately 50
Long
Approximately 40
Medium
Approximately 30
Short
Canceling and resuming the
speed control
1 Pressing the cancel switch cancels
the speed control.
The speed control is also canceled when
the brake pedal is depressed.
2
Pressing the +RES switch resumes
the cruise control and returns vehi-
cle speed to the set speed.
However, cruise control does not resume
when the vehicle speed is approximately
25 km/h (16 mph) or less.
Approach warning (vehicle-to-
vehicle distance control mode)
When your vehicle is too close to a
vehicle ahead, and sufficient automatic
deceleration via the cruise control is
not possible, the display will flash and
4-5. Using the driving support systems
the buzzer will sound to alert the driver.
An example of this would be if another
distance
driver cuts in front of you while you are
following a vehicle. Depress the brake
m (160 ft.)
pedal to ensure an appropriate vehi-
cle-to-vehicle distance.
m (130 ft.)
m (100 ft.)
Warnings may not occur when
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In the following instances, warnings
may not occur even when the vehicle-
to-vehicle distance is small.
 When the speed of the preceding
vehicle matches or exceeds your
vehicle speed
 When the preceding vehicle is trav-
eling at an extremely slow speed
 Immediately after the cruise control
speed was set
 When depressing the accelerator
pedal
Selecting constant speed con-
trol mode
When constant speed control mode is
selected, your vehicle will maintain a
set speed without controlling the vehi-
cle-to-vehicle distance. Select this
mode only when vehicle-to-vehicle dis-
tance control mode does not function
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