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G05￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems
6.￿Automatic￿Lane￿Change
The￿vehicle￿performs￿the￿lane￿change￿automatically￿if￿the￿sensor￿system￿does￿not￿detect￿any
vehicles￿in￿the￿relevant￿safety￿zone￿and￿if￿there￿is￿sufficient￿room￿for￿maneuvering￿available.￿It￿is￿of￿no
importance￿whether￿the￿vehicle￿lane￿change￿is￿for￿passing￿purposes￿or￿whether￿the￿driver￿is￿simply
wishing￿to￿change￿lanes.
The￿direction￿of￿the￿lane￿change￿is￿determined￿by￿the￿turn￿indicator￿which￿has￿been￿previously￿set.
G05￿Automatic￿Lane￿Change
The￿driver￿merely￿has￿to￿monitor￿the￿lane￿change.￿This￿does￿not,￿however,￿mean￿that￿he￿is￿released
from￿his￿duties￿as￿a￿driver.￿For￿instance,￿the￿driver￿is￿also￿obliged￿to￿check￿whether￿a￿lane￿change￿is
permissible￿at￿all,￿and￿has￿to￿take￿account￿of￿passing￿restrictions,￿solid￿lines,￿etc.￿Automatic￿Lane
Change￿does￿not￿take￿these￿circumstances￿into￿consideration.
Once￿the￿change￿to￿the￿adjacent￿lane￿is￿complete,￿the￿vehicle￿returns￿to￿lane￿guidance￿(Steering
Assistant).
The￿lane￿change￿maneuver￿will￿be￿aborted￿if,￿once￿it￿has￿started,￿the￿turn￿indicator￿lever￿is￿released￿too
soon￿(less￿than￿approximately￿1￿second),￿a￿Blind￿Spot￿Collision￿Warning￿warning￿is￿issued￿or￿an￿object
is￿detected￿to￿the￿side￿of￿the￿vehicle.￿If￿the￿lane￿change￿maneuver￿is￿automatically￿cancelled￿before￿the
vehicle￿has￿crossed￿the￿lane￿marker,￿the￿vehicle￿is￿guided￿back￿into￿the￿original￿lane.
The￿driver￿has￿full￿responsibility￿for￿the￿lane￿change￿maneuver,￿including￿checking￿that￿the￿destination
lane￿is￿free.
The￿maximum￿steering￿torque￿has￿been￿set￿in￿such￿a￿way￿that￿it￿can￿always￿be￿overruled￿by￿the￿driver
and￿therefore￿steering￿past￿the￿maximum￿steering￿torque￿is￿possible.￿This￿means￿that￿the￿driver￿has
the￿capability￿at￿all￿times￿to￿abort￿the￿automatic￿lane￿change.
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