Volvo V60 CROSS COUNTRY Owner's Manual page 329

WARNING
No automatic system can guarantee
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100% correct function in all situations.
You should therefore never test use of
City Safety in the direction of people,
animals or vehicles – this could lead to
severe damage, serious personal injury
or even death.
City Safety warns the driver if there is a
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risk of collision, but the function cannot
reduce the driver's reaction time.
Even if the warning distance has been
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set to Early , warnings may be per-
ceived as late in certain situations –
e.g. when there are large speed differ-
ences or if the vehicle ahead suddenly
brakes heavily.
With the warning distance set to
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warnings come further in advance. This
may cause the warnings to come more
frequently than with warning distance
Normal , but is recommended since it
can make City Safety more effective.
Related information
City Safety™ (p. 323)
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City Safety limitations (p. 333)
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Rear Collision Warning* (p. 343)
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78 This function is not available on all markets.
Detecting obstacles with City
Safety
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City Safety can help the driver detect other
vehicles, cyclists, large animals and pedes-
trians.
Vehicles
City Safety can detect most vehicles that are
stationary or are moving in the same direction
as your vehicle. In some cases, it can also
detect oncoming vehicles and crossing traffic.
For City Safety to be able to detect a vehicle in
the dark, its headlights and taillights must be
on and clearly visible.
Cyclists
Early ,
Examples of what City Safety would interpret to be a
cyclist: clear body and bicycle shapes.
DRIVER SUPPORT
For good performance, the system's function
for cyclist detection needs the clearest possi-
ble information about the contours of the bicy-
cle and of the cyclist's head, arm, shoulders,
legs, torso and lower body in combination
with normal human movements.
If large portions of the cyclist's body or the
bicycle itself are not visible to the function's
camera, it will not be able to detect a cyclist.
The system can only detect adult cyclists rid-
ing on bicycles intended for adults.
WARNING
City Safety is supplementary driver sup-
port, but it cannot detect all cyclists in all
situations and, for example, cannot see:
partially obscured cyclists.
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cyclists if the contrast to the cyclist's
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background is poor.
cyclists in clothing that hides their
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body contour.
bikes loaded with large objects.
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Warnings and brake interventions may
occur late or not at all. The driver is always
responsible for ensuring that the vehicle is
driven correctly and with a safety distance
suitable for the speed.
* Option/accessory.
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