BMW M3 SEDAN Owner's Manual page 208

CONTROLS
Recording time
1. "Apps"
2. "Drive Recorder"
3. "Settings"
4. Select the desired setting:
▷ "Before trigger"
Recording time before an event.
▷ "After trigger"
Recording time after an event.
Cameras
1. "Apps"
2. "Drive Recorder"
3. "Settings"
4. "Camera selection"
5. Select desired camera.
In case of an accident, the system switches au‐
tomatically to "All" cameras.
If driver assistance systems are active, their cam‐
era views are selected automatically.
System limits
In the event of serious accidents, it may not be
possible to store recordings if the damage on the
vehicle is too great or the power supply was in‐
terrupted.
Active Protection
Concept
Active Protection prepares occupants and the
vehicle for a possible accident in critical driving or
collision situations.
General information
Active Protection consists of various PreCrash
functions, which can vary depending on the
equipment.
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The system is used to detect certain critical driv‐
ing situations that might lead to an accident. This
includes the following critical driving situations:
▷ Emergency stop.
▷ Severe understeering.
▷ Severe oversteering.
Certain functions of several systems can, within
the system limits, lead to Active Protection trig‐
gering:
▷ Front collision mitigation: automatic brake in‐
tervention.
▷ Front collision mitigation: Brake Assistant.
▷ Rear collision preparation: detection of immi‐
nent rear collisions.
Safety information
Warning
The system cannot serve as a substitute for the
driver's personal judgment. Due to the system
limits, critical situation could not be detected
reliably or in time. There is a risk of accident.
Adjust driving style to traffic conditions. Watch
traffic closely and actively intervene where ap‐
propriate.
Function
When the safety belt is fastened, the driver's and
passenger's belt straps are automatically tight‐
ened once after driving away.
In accident-critical situations, the following indi‐
vidual functions become active as needed:
▷ Automatic pretensioning of the front safety
belts.
▷ Automatic window closing up to a narrow
gap.
▷ Automatic closing of the glass sunroof, in‐
cluding sun protection.
▷ For vehicles equipped with comfort seats in
the front: automatic positioning of the back‐
rest for the front passenger seat.