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298 Driving and parking
ing lower limit speed. For this purpose, informa-
tion from the digital road map of the navigation
system is used. The
Assistance
display a dynamic visualisation of the speed limits
ahead.
If Traffic Sign Assist cannot determine the cur-
rently applicable maximum permissible speed
(e.g. due to missing signs), the following display
appears in the driver's display:
Traffic Sign Assist is not available in all countries.
This is displayed continuously if the vehicle is in a
country where Traffic Sign Assist is not supported.
If Traffic Sign Assist is temporarily or permanently
unavailable due to a technical fault or soiling of
the windscreen, the warning light ê appears
on the driver display.
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Please also note the information on the dis-
play messages of the traffic sign assistant
(
page 692).
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Warning when the maximum permissible speed is
exceeded
menu can also
The system can warn you if you unintentionally
exceed the maximum permissible speed. Depend-
ing on the country, you can set how much the
maximum permitted speed may be exceeded in
the multimedia system before giving a warning.
You can switch off the warning or set whether the
warning should be visual (by flashing the traffic
sign in the driver display) or visual and audible.
The selected setting is confirmed by an indication
in the driver's display.
1
Warning only visual
2
WARNING off
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The type, duration and activation threshold of
the speed warning, as well as the possibility of
setting the triggering threshold above which
the warning is to be triggered, are subject to
the country-specific legislation of the country
of delivery of the vehicle.
Additional functions of Traffic Sign Assist (coun-
try-specific)
Warning for no-entry signs: Traffic Sign Assist can
warn you if you drive the wrong way down a sec-
tion of road, forexample, on motorway slip roads
or one-way streets.
Warning at pedestrian crossings: if you approach
pedestrian crossings, provided that pedestrians
are in the danger zone or are moving towards it,
Traffic Sign Assist can warn you up to a speed of
approximately 70 km/h.
Warning at stop signs: Traffic Sign Assist can warn
you up to a speed of approximately 70 km/h if
you are about to drive past a stop sign uninten-
tionally. For this to be possible, the signs must be
clear. Forexample, if the system detects more
than one stop sign, a stop sign can be confirmed
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