Mercedes GLA W212 X156 owners manual page 69

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Driving safety systems 67 cles that are in the path of your vehicle for an WARNING G extended period of time. The distance warning function cannot always Uptoaspeedofaround44mph(70km/h), clearly identify objects and complex traffic the distance warning function can also react situations. to stationary obstacles, such as stopped or In such cases, the distance warning function parked vehicles. may: If you approach an obstacle and the distance Rgiveanunnecessarywarning warning function detects a risk of a collision, Safety Rnotgiveawarning the system will initially alert you both visually There is a risk of an accident. and acoustically. Always pay careful attention to the traffic sit- uation and do not rely solely on the distanceAutonomousbrakingfunction warning function. If the driver does not react to the distance warning signal in a critical situation, COLLI- Function SIONPREVENTIONASSISTPLUScanassist XToactivate/deactivate:activateordeac- with the autonomous braking function. tivate the distance warning function in the The autonomous braking function: on-board computer (Y page 214). Rgivesthedriver more time to react to criti- If the distance warning function is not activa- cal driving situations ted, the æsymbolappearsintheassis- Rcanhelpthedriver to avoid an accident or tance graphics display. Rreducestheeffects of an accident Thedistancewarningfunctioncanhelpyouto minimize the risk of a front-end collision withVehicles without DISTRONIC PLUS: the avehicle ahead or reduce the effects of suchautonomous braking function is available in a collision. If the distance warning functionthe following speed ranges: detects that there is a risk of a collision, you R5-65mph(7-105km/h)formoving will be warned visually and acoustically. objects Startingataspeedofaround4mph(7km/h), R5-31mph(7-50km/h)forstationary the distance warning function warns you if objects you rapidly approach a vehicle in front. An VehicleswithDISTRONICPLUS:theauton- intermittent warning tone will then sound, omousbrakingfunctionisavailableinthefol- andthe·distancewarninglampwilllight lowing speed ranges: upin the instrument cluster. R5-124mph(7-200km/h)formoving XBrakeimmediatelyinordertoincreasethe objects distance from the vehicle in front. R5-31mph(7-50km/h)forstationary or objects XTakeevasiveaction,provideditissafetodo If the autonomousbrakingfunctionrequiresa so. particularly high braking force, preventative Duetothenatureofthesystem, particularly ® passengerprotectionmeasures(PRE-SAFE ) complicated but non-critical driving condi- are activated simultaneously. tions may also cause the system to display a warning. Adaptive Brake Assist Withthehelpoftheradarsensorsystem,the distance warning function can detect obsta-iObservethe"Importantsafetynotes"sec- tion (Y page 64). Z

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