Mercedes-Benz E-Class Sedan Operator's Manual page 170

168 Driving and parking
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Accelerate briefly.
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Your vehicle pulls away and adapts its speed
to that of the vehicle in front. If no vehicle is
detected in front, your vehicle accelerates to
the set speed.
Adopting the speed limit as the stored speed
Requirements:
Speed Limit Pilot is activated in the multime‐
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dia system ( page 192).
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Distance Pilot DISTRONIC is activated.
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The system detects a traffic sign indicating a
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speed limit.
Briefly pull the cruise control lever towards
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you 2.
The displayed speed limit is adopted as the
stored speed. Your vehicle adapts its speed
to that of the vehicle in front, but only up to
the stored speed. If Speed Limit Pilot is acti‐
vated, any detected changes in the speed
limit are adopted by the system.
Collision warning
If Distance Pilot DISTRONIC is unable to suffi‐
ciently decelerate the vehicle in order to prevent
it from approaching the vehicle in front, you will
be warned visually and acoustically. An intermit‐
tent warning tone will then sound and the dis‐
tance warning lamp will light up in the instru‐
ment cluster.
Brake immediately in order to increase the
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distance from the vehicle in front.
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Take evasive action provided it is safe to do
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so.
Function of DRIVE PILOT
The DRIVE PILOT function is available only
on vehicles with the Driving Assistance
package.
DRIVE PILOT includes the following driving and
driving safety systems:
Steering Pilot ( page 168)
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Steering Pilot with Active Lane Change Assist
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( page 168)
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Distance Pilot DISTRONIC (
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Speed Limit Pilot ( page 161)
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Steering Pilot
Function of Steering Pilot
Steering Pilot is only available for vehicles
with the Driving Assistance Package.
Steering Pilot is operational at speeds up to
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130 mph (210 km/h) and helps you to stay in
the center of the lane by means of moderate
steering interventions.
It uses as a reference the vehicle in front or
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the lane markings, depending on the driven
speed.
Steering Pilot requires you as the driver, to
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keep your hands on the steering wheel at all
times so that you are able to intervene at any
time to correct the course of the vehicle and
keep it in lane.
Steering Pilot can be overridden at any time
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by steering the vehicle yourself.
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