Volvo XC90 2018 Owner's Manual page 350

DRIVER SUPPORT
|| Large animals
Optimum examples of what City Safety interprets as
large animals - standing still or walking slowly and with
clear body outline.
If a large animal appears in front of your car,
Large Animal Detection, which is part of City
Safety, can warn you of the animal in certain sit-
uations and provide braking assistance.
Optimal performance requires that the system
function that detects a large animal (e.g. elk and
horse) must receive the clearest possible infor-
mation about the body outline, requiring the abil-
ity to identify the animal directly from the side in
combination with what is a normal pattern of
movement for the animal.
If parts of the animal's body are not visible to the
function's camera then the system cannot detect
the animal.
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City Safety can also detect large animals in the
dark if they are illuminated by the car's head-
lamps.
WARNING
City Safety is supplementary driver support,
but it cannot detect all large animals in all sit-
uations and, for example, cannot see:
partially obscured large animals.
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larger animals seen from the front or from
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behind.
large animals that run or move quickly.
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large animals if the background contrast
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of the animals is poor - warning and
brake interventions may then be late or
not occur at all.
small animals such as dogs and cats, for
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example.
The driver is always responsible that the vehi-
cle is driven correctly and with a safety dis-
tance adapted to the speed.
Related information
• City Safety™ (p. 342)
Limitations of City Safety (p. 352)
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Limitations for City Safety in cross traffic
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(p. 349)
City Safety in cross traffic
City Safety 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.