Distance Warning - Volvo V60 Owner's Manual

04 Driver support

Distance Warning*

General
Distance Warning (Distance Alert) is a func-
tion that informs the driver about the time
interval to vehicles in front.
Distance Warning is active at speeds above
30 km/h and only reacts to vehicles driving in
front of the car, in the same direction. No dis-
tance information is provided for oncoming,
slow or stationary vehicles.
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Orange warning lamp 1 .
An orange warning lamp in the windscreen
illuminates with a constant glow if the dis-
tance to the vehicle in front is shorter than the
set time interval.
NOTE: The illustration is schematic - details may vary depending on car model.
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Option/accessory, for more information, see Introduction.
NOTE
Distance warning is deactivated during the
time the adaptive cruise control is active.
WARNING
Distance warning only reacts if the dis-
tance to the vehicle ahead is shorter than
the preset value - the speed of the driver's
vehicle is not affected.
Operation
Press the button in the centre console to
switch the function on or off. The function is
switched on if one lamp is illuminated in the
button.
Some combinations of the selected equip-
ment leave no vacant space for a button in
the centre console - in which case the func-
tion is handled by the car's menu system MY
CAR under Settings Car settings
Distance Alert. For a description of the menu
system - see page 211.
Set time interval
Controls and symbol for time interval.
Time interval - Increase/decrease.
Time interval - On.