City Safety braking for oncoming vehicles*
City Safety can help you apply the brakes for an oncoming vehicle in your lane.
If an oncoming vehicle veers into your lane and a collision is unavoidable, City Safety can help reduce your vehicle's speed to attempt to mitigate the force of the collision.
 | Own vehicle |
 | Oncoming vehicles |
The following criteria must be met for the function to work:
- your vehicle's speed must be above 4 km/h (3 mph)
- the road must be straight
- your lane must have clear side lane markings
- your vehicle must be positioned straight in your lane
- the oncoming vehicle must be positioned within your vehicle's lane markings
- the oncoming vehicle's headlights must be on
- the function can only handle “front-to-front” collisions
- the function can only detect vehicles with four wheels
- the function requires functioning Electric Seat Belt Tensioners* (see section “Seat belt tensioners”).
Note
The function uses the vehicle's combined camera and radar unit, which has certain general limitations; see sections "Camera limitations" and "Radar sensor limitations".
Warning
- The "City Safety braking for oncoming vehicles" function is supplementary driver support intended to help improve driving safety – it cannot handle all situations in all traffic, weather and road conditions.
- Warnings and brake interventions due to an imminent collision with an oncoming vehicle always come very late.
- Never wait for a collision warning or for City Safety to intervene. If you notice any hazard or other potentially dangerous situation, always fully apply the brakes.
- 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.