Mercedes-Benz S-Class 2022 Owner's Manual page 299

296 Driving and parking
& WARNING Risk of accident despite Active
Blind Spot Assist
Active Blind Spot Assist does not react to the
following:
if you overtake a vehicle too closely so that
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it is in the blind spot area
if vehicles travelling at a much faster
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speed approach and then overtake
Active Blind Spot Assist may not give warnings
or intervene in such situations.
Always pay careful attention to the traffic
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situation and maintain a safe distance at
the side of the vehicle.
Exit warning
The exit warning is an additional function of Active
Blind Spot Assist and can warn vehicle occupants
attempting to leave the stationary vehicle about
approaching vehicles.
& WARNING Risk of accident despite exit
warning
The exit warning neither reacts to stationary
objects nor to persons or road users
approaching you at a greatly differing speed.
The exit warning cannot warn drivers in these
situations.
Always pay particular attention to the
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traffic situation when opening the doors
and make sure there is sufficient clear-
ance.
If a vehicle is detected in the monitoring range,
the red warning lamp lights up in the correspond-
ing outside mirror.
If a vehicle occupant pulls the door handle on the
side of the warning, a warning tone sounds twice
and the ambient lighting in the respective door
and the warning lamps in the corresponding out-
side mirror flash red.
Vehicles with MBUX Interior Assistant: the visual
warning begins as soon as the hand of a vehicle
occupant moves into the area of the door.
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Vehicles with ambient lighting or active ambi-
ent lighting: theWarning assistance
ambient lighting can be activated and deacti-
vated ( page 180).
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The warning assistance can differ depending
on the equipment and may vary according to
the setting.
The exit warning is only available when Blind Spot
Assist is active.
After the vehicle is switched off, the exit warning
continues to function for a few minutes. When the
outside mirror warning light flashes three times,
the exit warning is no longer available.
The exit warning is only an aid and not a substi-
tute for the attention of vehicle occupants. The
responsibility for opening and closing the doors
and for leaving the vehicle remains with the vehi-
cle occupants.
System limits
Active Blind Spot Assist may be limited in the fol-
lowing situations, in particular:
if there is dirt on the sensors or the sensors
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are obscured
of the