Mercedes Benz GLE Class owners manual page 72

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70 Driving safety systems Always pay careful attention to the traffic sit-The autonomous braking function: uation and be ready to brake. Rgives the driver more time to react to critical driving situations GWARNING Rcanhelpthedriver to avoid an accident or The distance warning function cannot alwaysRreducestheeffects of an accident clearly identify objects and complex trafficVehicles without DISTRONIC PLUS: the situations. autonomousbrakingfunctionis available in the SafetyIn such cases, the distance warning functionfollowing speed ranges: may: R4-65mph(7-105km/h)formovingobjects R4-31mph(7-50km/h)forstationary Rgiveanunnecessarywarning objects Rnotgiveawarning Vehicles with DISTRONIC PLUS: the autono- There is a risk of an accident. mousbrakingfunctionisavailableinthefollow- Always pay careful attention to the traffic sit-ing speed ranges: uation and do not rely solely on the distanceR4-124mph(7-200km/h)formoving warning function. objects R4-31mph(7-50km/h)forstationary Function objects Starting at a speed of around 4 mph (7 km/h),Duetothenatureofthesystem,particularly the distance warning function warns you if youcomplicated but non-critical driving conditions rapidly approach a vehicle in front. An intermit-mayalsocausetheAutonomousBrakingFunc- tent warningtonewillthensound,andthe·tion to intervene. distancewarninglampwilllightupintheinstru-If the autonomous braking function requires a mentcluster. particularly high braking force, preventative XBrakeimmediately in order to increase thepassenger protection measures (PRE-SAFE®) distance from the vehicle in front.are activated simultaneously (Y page 58). or Adaptive Brake Assist XTakeevasiveaction, provided it is safe to do so. General information Duetothenatureofthesystem,particularlyiObservethe"Importantsafetynotes"sec- complicated but non-critical driving conditionsYpage66). mayalsocausethesystemtodisplayawarning.tion ( With the help of the radar sensor system, theWith the help of adaptive Brake Assist, the dis- distance warning function can detect obstaclestance warning signal can detect obstacles that that are in the path of your vehicle for an exten-are in the path of your vehicle for an extended dedperiod of time. period of time. Uptoaspeedofaround44mph(70km/h),theIf adaptive Brake Assist detects a risk of colli- distance warning function can also react to sta-sion with the vehicle in front, it calculates the tionary obstacles, such as stopped or parkedbraking force necessary to avoid a collision. If vehicles. you apply the brakes forcefully, adaptive Brake Assist will automatically increase the braking Autonomousbrakingfunction forcetoalevelsuitableforthetrafficconditions. Adaptive Brake Assist provides braking assis- If the driver does not react to the distancewarn-tance in hazardous situations at speeds above ingsignalinacriticalsituation,COLLISIONPRE-4mph(7km/h).Itusesradarsensortechnology VENTIONASSISTPLUScanassistwiththeto assess the traffic situation. autonomous braking function. Uptoaspeedofapproximately155mph (250km/h),AdaptiveBrakeAssistiscapableof reacting to moving objects that have already

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