- when other vehicles are changing lanes
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- when ot her vehicles are difficult to detect
¢ page 110.
- when vehicles up ahead are not moving or
obstacles are in your travel lane ¢ page 110
_& WARNING
The radar sensor's vision can be reduced by
rain, snow and heavy spray. This can result
in vehicles driving ahead being inade-
quately detected or, in some circumstan-
ces, not detected at all. If necessary, take
action yourself!
When driving around curves
Applies to vehicles: with adaptive cruise control
Fig. 123 Vehicle ent ering a curve
Fig. 124 Vehicle leaving a curve
Entering a curve
When ent eri ng a curve, the adaptive cruise
control may react to a vehicle in the next lane
and apply the brakes in your vehicle
¢ fig. 123. The braking action can be overrid-
den by depressing the accelerator pedal.
Leaving a curve
At the exit from very long curves the predic-
tive lane reading can cause the adaptive cruise
Adaptive crui se control 109
control to react to another vehicle in the next
lane and apply the brakes in your vehicle
~ fig. 124 . The braking action can be overrid-
den by depressing the accelerator pedal.
Vehicles offset to one side
Applies to vehicles: with adaptive cruise control
Fig. 125 Ve hicle trav elin g ah ead outs ide the dete ctio n
ra nge of t he radar senso r
Vehicles traveling ahead and to one side can-
not be detected by the adaptive cruise control
unt il they are within the detect ion range of
the sensor.
Lane changes by other vehicles
Applies to vehicles: with adaptive cruise control
Fig. 126 A veh icle changes lanes
Vehicles which move into your lane a short
distance ahead cannot be identified by the
adaptive cruise control unti l they are in t he ra-
dar sensor's detection range.
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