City Safety can help prevent a collision or lower the vehicle's speed at the point of impact.
City Safety is an aid intended to assist the driver if a collision with a pedestrian, large animal, cyclist or vehicle is imminent.
City Safety can help the driver avoid a collision when e.g. driving in stop-and-go traffic, when changes in the traffic ahead and driver distraction could lead to an incident.
The function assists the driver by automatically applying the brakes if there is an imminent risk of a collision and the driver does not react in time by braking and/or steering away.
City Safety activates a brief, forceful braking in an attempt to stop your vehicle immediately behind the vehicle or object ahead.
City Safety is activated in situations in which the driver should have applied the brakes much earlier, which means that the system will not be able to assist the driver in all situations.
City Safety is designed to be activated as late as possible to help avoid unnecessary intervention.
Normally, the occupants of the vehicle will not be aware of City Safety except when the system intervenes when a collision is imminent.
Warning
- The City Safety function is supplementary driver support intended to help improve driving safety – it cannot handle all situations in all traffic, weather and road conditions.
- The City Safety auto-brake function can prevent a collision or reduce collision speed, but to ensure full brake performance the driver should always depress the brake pedal – even when the car auto-brakes.
- The warning is only activated if there is a high risk of collision – you must therefore never wait for a collision warning or for City Safety to intervene.
- Warnings and brake interventions for pedestrians and cyclists are disengaged at vehicle speeds over 80 km/h (50 mph).
- City Safety does not activate auto-braking intervention during heavy acceleration.
- City Safety is not a substitute for the driver's attention and judgment. The driver is always responsible for ensuring the vehicle is driven in a safe manner, at the appropriate speed, with an appropriate distance to other vehicles, and in accordance with current traffic rules and regulations.
- The driver is advised to read all sections in the Owner's Manual that relate to City Safety to learn about factors such as its limitations and what the driver should be aware of before using the system (see the list of links for all subsections).