Table of Contents
Advertisement
Lane assistance steers the car back into its lane.
Lane assistance warns with steering wheel vibrations
Depending on settings, lane assistance acts in
accordance with the following:
1. Steering assistance activated: When the car
is approaching a lane line, LKA will actively
The steering wheel vibration varies - the longer the car remains outside the lane lines, the longer the vibration.
23
steer the car back into its lane by applying a
slight torque to the steering wheel.
2. Warning activated: If the car is about to cross
a lane line, the driver is warned by means of
an acoustic signal or vibration in the steering
wheel.
NOTE
When a direction indicator is switched on,
there are no steering corrections or alerts
from Lane assistance.
WARNING
Lane assistance is merely a driver aid and
does not engage in all driving situations or
traffic, weather or road conditions.
The driver always bears ultimate responsibility
for ensuring that the vehicle is driven safely
and that applicable laws and road traffic regu-
lations are followed.
Steering assistance
A precondition for the functioning of the LKA
steering assistance is that the driver's hands are
23
.
holding the steering wheel. The system monitors
this continuously.
DRIVER SUPPORT
If the driver does not keep
his/her hands on the steering
wheel, the driver display shows
this symbol and the following
message, to prompt the driver
to actively steer the car:
•
Lane Keeping Aid Apply steering
If the driver does not then start to steer, the sym-
bol is shown again, combined with a warning
sound and this message:
•
Lane Keeping Aid Standby until steering
applied
If the driver then still does not follow the prompt
to start steering, LKA is set in standby mode -
the function will then be unavailable until the
driver starts to steer the car again.
}}
355
Advertisement
Table of Contents
