Volvo V90 Owner's Manual page 353

City Safety in cross traffic
City Safety 76 can help the driver when turning
and crossing the path of another oncoming
vehicle at an intersection.
Sector in which City Safety can detect
oncoming crossing vehicles.
For City Safety to detect an oncoming vehicle
on a collision course, the oncoming vehicle
must first enter the sector in which City Safety
can analyse the situation.
The following further criteria must also be ful-
filled:
your car must be travelling at no less than
•
4 km/h (3 mph)
your car must turn to the left in markets
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with right-hand traffic (or to the right in
left-hand traffic)
76 The function is not available in all markets.
the oncoming vehicle must have its head-
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lamps switched on.
Related information
City Safety™ (p. 344)
•
Limitations of City Safety (p. 354)
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DRIVER SUPPORT
Limitations for City Safety in cross
traffic
In some cases City Safety may have difficulty
helping the driver deal with collision risks due
to oncoming cross traffic.
Examples are:
stability control ESC intervenes in the
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event of slippery driving conditions
if the oncoming vehicle is detected too
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late
if the oncoming vehicle is obscured by
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something
if the oncoming vehicle has headlamps
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switched off
if the oncoming vehicle drives in an unpre-
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dictable manner, for example, abruptly
changes lanes at a late stage.
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