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G12￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems
10.￿Side￿Collision￿Warning
The￿side￿collision￿warning￿is￿part￿of￿the￿active￿lane￿keeping￿assistant￿with￿active￿side￿collision
protection.￿The￿active￿lane￿keeping￿assistant￿with￿active￿side￿collision￿protection￿is￿part￿of￿the￿scope￿of
supply￿of￿the￿Active￿Driving￿Assistant￿Plus￿optional￿equipment￿(OE￿5AT).￿The￿side￿collision￿warning￿is
not￿available￿separately.
The￿side￿collision￿warning￿assists￿the￿driver￿in￿avoiding￿a￿potential￿side￿collision.
If￿an￿object￿with￿which￿the￿vehicle￿could￿potentially￿collide,￿such￿as￿a￿vehicle￿or￿a￿crash￿barrier,￿is
detected￿to￿the￿side￿of￿the￿driver's￿vehicle,￿the￿driver￿is￿assisted￿in￿avoiding￿the￿potential￿collision.
Four￿radar￿sensors￿monitor￿the￿area￿next￿to￿the￿vehicle￿and￿function￿regardless￿of￿the￿lighting
conditions￿and￿largely￿irrespective￿of￿the￿weather￿conditions.
G12￿vehicle￿detection￿using￿radar￿sensors￿(side￿collision￿warning)
If￿there￿is￿a￿risk￿of￿a￿collision,￿the￿corresponding￿indicator￿flashes￿(depending￿on￿which￿side￿the￿risk
relates￿to,￿left￿or￿right)￿in￿the￿exterior￿mirror￿with￿high￿intensity￿and￿the￿steering￿wheel￿starts￿to￿vibrate.
G12￿signal￿unit￿(LED)￿in￿mirror￿glass
An￿active￿steering￿intervention￿is￿then￿initiated,￿which￿assists￿the￿driver￿in￿moving￿his￿vehicle￿back
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