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.. To resume cruise control, release the lever
or take your foot off the acce lerator pedal.
Interrupting
cruise control while driving
.. Move the lever into position @ . The mes-
sage
ACC: standby
appears . Or
.. press the brake pedal.
.. To resume the stored speed, move the lever
into position @ .
Interrupting
cruise control when stopped
Applies to vehicles with a n automatic trans-
mission:
.,. Push the lever away from you into position
@ . The message
ACC: standby
appears.
.. To resume cruise control, press the bra ke
pedal and pull the lever toward you into po-
sition @ .
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WARNING
It is dangerous to activate cruise contro l
and resume the stored speed when the
current road, traffic or weather conditions
do not permit th is . This could result in a
crash .
Setting the distance
Applies to vehicles: with Audi adaptive cruise control
Fig. 78 Operatin g lever: Setting th e dista nce
-
.. Tap the switch to display the current set dis-
tance ¢ fig . 78.
.. To increase or reduce the distance in incre-
ments, tap the switch again to the right or
left . The distance between the two vehicles
will change in the instrument cluster d is-
play.
Audi
adaptive
cruise
control
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When app roaching an object detected ahead,
the adaptive cruise control system brakes to
match that object's speed and then regulates
to the stored distance . If the object detected
ahead accelerates, adaptive cru ise control will
also accelerate up to the stored speed .
The hig her the speed, the greater the distance
in meters ¢
A .
The
Distance 3
setting is rec-
ommended. That is equal to the general rec-
ommendation of "half the speed shown on
the speedometer ".
The distances provided are example values.
Depending on the driving situation, the cur-
rent speed and the way the object detected
ahead is driving, the actual distance may be
more or less than these target distances .
o:;:::::,
_ o:;:::::,
___
Distance 1:
This setting corre-
sponds to a d istance of 2 feet/ 28 meters
when traveling at 62 mph (100 km/h), or a
time distance of 1 second .
o:;:::::,
__ o:;:::::,
__
Distance 2:
This setting corre-
sponds to a d istance of 118 feet/ 36 meters
when traveling at 62 mph (100 km/h), or a
time distance of 1.3 seconds.
o:;:::::,
___ o:;:::::,
_
Distance 3:
This setting corre-
sponds to a d istance of 164 feet/ 50 meters
when traveling at 62 mph (100 km/h), or a
time distance of 1.8 seconds.
o:;:::::,
____
o:;:::::,
Distance 4:
This setting corre-
sponds to a d istance of 219 feet/ 67 meters
when traveling at 62 mph (100 km/h), or a
time distance of 2 .4 seconds.
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WARNING
Following other vehicles too closely in-
creas es t he risk of coll isions and ser ious
personal injury.
- When setting the distance, you as the
driver are respons ible for adhering to any
applicable local reg ulations .
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Tips
Distance 3
is set automatically each time
you switch the ignition on. It you would
like to have t his distance as a basic setting,
.,..
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