Driving Comfort - Mini CLUBMAN Owner's Manual

Driving comfort

Vehicle features and options
This chapter describes all standard, country-
specific and optional features offered with
the series. It also describes features and
functions that are not necessarily available
in your vehicle, e.g., due to the selected op-
tions or country versions. This also applies
to safety-related functions and systems.
When using these functions and systems,
the applicable laws and regulations must be
observed.
Camera-based cruise control
Principle
Using this system, a set speed and a dis-
tance to a vehicle ahead can be adjusted us-
ing the buttons on the steering wheel.
The system maintains the set speed on clear
roads. The vehicle accelerates or brakes au-
tomatically.
If a vehicle is driving ahead of you, the sys-
tem adjusts the speed of your vehicle so
that the set distance to the vehicle ahead is
maintained. The speed is adjusted as far as
the given situation allows.
The distance can be adjusted at several lev-
els. For safety reasons, it depends on the re-
spective speed.
With the Stop&Go function for Steptronic
transmissions: if the vehicle ahead of you
brakes to a halt, and then proceeds to drive
again shortly thereafter, the system is able
to detect this within the given system lim-
its.
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Driving comfort
General information
A camera on the interior mirror is used to
detect vehicles driving ahead.
Depending on the settings, the cruise con-
trol settings may change under certain con-
ditions.
Safety information
Warning
The system cannot serve as a substitute
for the driver's personal judgment in as-
sessing the traffic situation. Based on the
limits of the system, it cannot independ-
ently react to all traffic situations. There is
a risk of accident. Adjust driving style to
traffic conditions. Watch the surrounding
traffic situation closely, be ready to take
over steering and braking at any time, and
actively intervene where appropriate.
Warning
The set speed can be incorrectly adjusted
or called up by mistake. There is a risk of
accident. Adjust the set speed to the traf-
fic conditions. Watch surrounding traffic
closely and actively intervene where ap-
propriate.
Warning
Risk of accident due to too high speed dif-
ferences to other vehicles, for instance in
the following situations:
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