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DRIVER SUPPORT
Your car is equipped with a number of functions that help you to
drive safely and which can prevent accidents. You can activate
these functions in the centre display's function view. Remember
that the driver support functions are only aids and that as the driver
you always have full responsibility for driving the car in a safe man-
ner. A selection is listed below:
City Safety™
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City Safety
can assist you in critical situations to prevent or miti-
gate a collision with vehicles, larger animals, pedestrians or
cyclists. Visual, acoustic and brake pulse warnings are given in the
event of a risk of collision to help you act in time. If you fail to act in
time and a collision is almost unavoidable, the car can be braked
automatically. City Safety is activated when the engine is started
and cannot be deactivated.
Blind Spot Information (BLIS)*
BLIS can inform you about vehicles in your blind spot and
quickly approaching vehicles in an adjacent lane.
Cross Traffic Alert (CTA)*
CTA is a driver support system to supplement BLIS and
can warn of traffic crossing behind the car. CTA is acti-
vated if reverse gear is engaged or if the car rolls back-
wards.
Lane Keeping Aid
Lane assistance (Lane Keeping Aid) can help you to reduce
the risk of the car leaving its lane unintentionally. The
desired form of assistance is selected via
Car
IntelliSafe
Lane Keeping Aid Mode
tre display's top view.
Steering assistance at risk of collision
Pilot Assist
Pilot Assist
its lane and at a preset distance to the vehicle ahead. Pilot Assist is
selected and activated using the steering wheel's left-hand keypad.
For steering assistance to work, the driver has to have both hands
on the steering wheel and the lane markings have to be visible,
for instance. When steering assistance is active, the driver display
shows a GREEN steering wheel symbol.
Settings
My
in the cen-
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Not available for all markets.
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This function can be either standard or an option, depending on market.
The
Collision avoidance assistance
to reduce the risk of the car leaving its lane unintentionally
and/or colliding with another vehicle/obstacle by actively
steering the car back into its lane and/or swerving. The
function consists of three subfunctions: Steering assis-
tance at risk of run-off; Steering assistance at risk of head-
on collision; and Steering assistance at risk of rear-end col-
lision*.
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is a comfort function that can help to keep the car in
function can help you
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