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Applie s to vehicles: with adapt ive cruise control
When driving around curves
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Entering a curve
Fig. 118 Vehicle
entering a curve
Fig. 119 Vehicle
leaving a curve
When ente ring a curve, the adaptive cruise control may react to a
vehicle in the next lane and apply the brakes in your vehicle
=> fig. 118. The braking action can be overridden by depressing the
accelerator pedal.
Leaving a curve
At the exit from very long curves the predictive lane reading can cause
the adap t ive cruise control to react to another vehicle in the next lane
and apply the brakes in your vehicle => fig. 119. The braking action
can be overridden by depressing the accelerator pedal. •
Appli es to vehicles: wi th adapt ive cruise contro l
Vehicles offset to one side
Fig. 120 Vehicle trav-
eling ahead outside
the detection range of
the radar sensor
Vehicles traveling ahead and to one s ide cannot be detected by the
adaptive cruise control until they are within the detection range of
the sensor. •
Appli es to vehicles: wit h adapt ive cruise cont rol
Lane changes by other vehicles
Fig. 121 A vehicle
changes lanes
Vehicles wh ich move into your lane a short distance ahead cannot be
identified by the adaptive cruise control until they are in the radar
sensor's detec t ion range. •