Mercedes-Benz B-Class Owner's Manual page 258

A driving safety system intervenes, e.g. ESP
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or Active Brake Assist.
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A loss of tyre pressure or a defective tyre is
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detected.
You are driving with a trailer and the electrical
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connection to the trailer hitch has been cor-
rectly established.
A A ctiv ctivating/deactiv ating/deactivating Blind Spo ating Blind Spot Assis
A A ctiv ctive Blind Spo e Blind Spot Assist t Assist
Multimedia system:
© Settings Assistance
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Activate or deactivate Blind Spot
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or
Activate or deactivate Act. Blind Spot
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A A ctiv ctive Lane K e Lane Keeping Assist eeping Assist
F F unction of A unction of Activ ctive Lane K e Lane Keeping Assist eeping Assist
Active Lane Keeping Assist monitors the area in
front of your vehicle by means of the multifunction
camera ( page 223). It serves to protect you
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against unintentionally leaving your lane. You will
® be warned by vibration pulses in the steering
wheel and guided by a course-correcting brake
application back into your lane.
Active Lane Keeping Assist is available in the
speed range between 60 km/h and 200 km/h.
Active Lane Keeping Assist can neither reduce the
risk of an accident if you fail to adapt your driving
style nor override the laws of physics. It cannot
take into account road, weather or tra c condi-
tions. Active Lane Keeping Assist is only an aid.
t Assist or t or
You are responsible for maintaining a safe dis-
tance to the vehicle in front, for vehicle speed, for
braking in good time and for staying in lane.
The status of Active Lane Keeping Assist is dis-
Assist.
played in the on-board computer:
à (green): Active Lane Keeping Assist is
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Assist.
active and operating.
à (grey): Active Lane Keeping Assist is
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active but not operating.
·: Active Lane Keeping Assist is deactiva-
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ted or there is a malfunction.
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If a lane-correcting brake application occurs, dis-
play 1 appears in the Instrument Display.
The system does not apply the brake if you acti-
vate the turn signal indicator.
V V ehicles wit ehicles with Dr h Driving Assist iving Assistance P ance Pack
system detects an obstacle, such as another vehi-
cle in the adjacent lane, it will apply the brake
regardless of the turn signal indicator.
You are warned by vibrations in the steering wheel
in the following circumstances:
Active Lane Keeping Assist detects a lane
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marking.
A front wheel drives over this lane marking.
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