Lexus ES 300h Owner's Manual page 295

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4-5. Using the driving support systems
cannot be detected.
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: The greater the difference in speed between your vehicle and the detected vehicle is,
the farther away the vehicle will be detected, causing the outside rear view mirror indi-
cator to illuminate or flash.
The Blind Spot Monitor is operational
■
when
The Blind Spot Monitor is operational when
all of the following conditions are met:
● The Blind Spot Monitor is on.
The shift lever is in a position other than R.
●
● The vehicle speed is greater than approx-
imately 16 km/h (10 mph).
The Blind Spot Monitor will detect a
■
vehicle when
The Blind Spot Monitor will detect a vehicle
present in the detection area in the follow-
ing situations:
● A vehicle in an adjacent lane overtakes
your vehicle.
You overtake a vehicle in adjacent lane
●
slowly.
● Another vehicle enters the detection
area when it changes lanes.
Conditions under which the Blind Spot
■
Monitor will not detect a vehicle
The Blind Spot Monitor is not designed to
detect the following types of vehicles and/or
objects:
Small motorcycles, bicycles, pedestrians,
●
*
etc.
Vehicles traveling in the opposite direc-
●
tion
● Guardrails, walls, signs, parked vehicles
and similar stationary objects
● Following vehicles that are in the same
*
lane
Vehicles traveling 2 lanes away from your
●
*
vehicle
● Vehicles which are being overtaken rap-
*
idly by your vehicle
*
: Depending on the conditions, detection
of a vehicle and/or object may occur.
Conditions under which the Blind Spot
■
Monitor may not function correctly
The Blind Spot Monitor may not detect
●
vehicles correctly in the following situa-
tions:
• When the sensor is misaligned due to a
strong impact to the sensor or its sur-
rounding area
• When mud, snow, ice, a sticker, etc. is
covering the sensor or surrounding area
on the rear bumper
• When driving on a road surface that is
wet with standing water during bad
weather, such as heavy rain, snow, or fog
• When multiple vehicles are approaching
with only a small gap between each vehi-
cle
• When the distance between your vehicle
and a following vehicle is short
• When there is a significant difference in
speed between your vehicle and the vehi-
cle that enters the detection area
• When the difference in speed between
your vehicle and another vehicle is
changing
• When a vehicle enters a detection area
traveling at about the same speed as your
vehicle
• As your vehicle starts from a stop, a vehi-
cle remains in the detection area
• When driving up and down consecutive
steep inclines, such as hills, dips in the
road, etc.
• When driving on roads with sharp bends,
*
consecutive curves, or uneven surfaces
• When vehicle lanes are wide, or when
driving on the edge of a lane, and the
vehicle in an adjacent lane is far away
from your vehicle
• When an accessory (such as a bicycle
carrier) or towing eyelet is installed to the
rear of the vehicle
• When there is a significant difference in
height between your vehicle and the
vehicle that enters the detection area