Blind Spot Detection - Ducati MULTISTRADA V45 Owner's Manual

Blind Spot Detection

Important
Before reading the contents of this sub-
section, carefully read "Road safety rules" (page 10).
This function is only available if the Blind Spot
Detection (BSD) system is installed to the bike.
The driver of a vehicle is responsible for driving and
manoeuvring even if there are intelligent driving aid
systems (such as BSD) on the vehicle, which must
always be checked or corrected by the rider.
Adaptive intelligent systems, such as the Blind Spot
Detection, analyse surrounding situations and warn
the rider of certain hazards, making a logical
prediction of events that may occur based on the
information they process. They are smart systems in
the sense that they operate with rational logic as
long as they understand, or can understand, the
environmental context; they are advanced systems
because they exploit computational technology,
with its technological limitations.
These systems, although technologically
sophisticated, are only designed to help the rider to
ride, improving the riding conditions; they are not
autonomous driving systems that replace the rider.
The rider is always responsible for choosing the
riding style and for adopting the level of caution and
attention required by the specific environmental
context.
The function of adaptive smart systems is alerting
the rider to critical situations, however, they use
predictions that depend and are conditioned by the
environmental context and the possible recognition
of surrounding objects or subjects. They are not
intended to avoid collisions, but to provide
information (visual, acoustic or haptic) that the rider
can use to prevent collisions, if possible.
Therefore, the rider must not rely solely or
unreasonably on the "ability" of the system to
understand the environmental context: the shape of
certain objects, their surface, their static/dynamic
position, the way they enter the radar visual space
may cause the system not to understand this
context and may cause the rider to receive incorrect
information.
Distraction is the main cause of accidents. The rider
must use the motorcycle smart systems, including
the Blind Spot Detection, while maintaining
constant control of the vehicle, also taking into
account possible errors (false indications) of these
systems. The rider must also take into account
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