Volvo V60 TWIN ENGINE 2019 Owner's Manual page 305

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.
NOTE
This function uses the car's camera and
radar units, which have certain general lim-
itations.
Related information
City Safety in cross traffic (p. 302)
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Limitations of City Safety (p. 306)
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Limitations for camera and radar unit
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(p. 415)
DRIVER SUPPORT
City Safety steering assistance for
evasive manoeuvre
City Safety steering assistance can help the
driver to steer away from a vehicle/obstacle
when it is not possible to avoid a collision
simply by braking. City Safety steering assis-
tance cannot be switched off, it is always
activated.
Your car steers away.
Slow moving/stationary vehicles or obsta-
cles.
City Safety engages by amplifying the driver's
steering input, which only occurs after the
driver has begun an evasive manoeuvre - and
then only if the driver is not steering enough to
avoid a collision.
In parallel with the amplified steering input,
the brake system is also used to further
amplify the steering input. The function also
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