CITROEN C4 PICASSO - Limits of Operation

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Driving
Th
e act
i
ve cru
i
se contro
l
uses on
ly
en
gi
ne
braking to slow the vehicle.
C
onsequently the
vehicle looses speed slowl
y
, as when releasin
g
the accelerator pedal.
The s
y
stem is paused automaticall
y
:
- if th
e
v
e
hi
c
l
e
in fr
o
nt
s
l
o
w
s
do
wn t
o
m
uc
h
or too suddenl
y
, and the driver does not
b
ra
k
e,
- i
f
a vehicle comes between
y
our vehicle
a
nd the vehicle in
f
ront,
- i
f
the system does not slow the vehicle
enou
g
h to continue to maintain a sa
f
e
distance, for example when descendin
g
a
steep hill.
Limits of o
p
eration
As the radar's
f
ield o
f
view is
q
uite narrow, it is
possible that the s
y
stem ma
y
not detect:
Th
e
c
r
u
i
se
co
ntr
o
l
does
n
o
t t
a
k
e
accou
nt
of
:
- stat
i
onar
y
ve
hi
c
l
es,
- ve
hi
c
l
es
d
r
i
v
i
n
g
i
n t
h
e oppos
i
te
di
rect
i
on.
- vehicles o
f
reduced width, such as
motorc
y
cles,
f
or example,
- vehicles not runnin
g
in the middle of the
l
ane
,
- ve
hi
c
l
es enter
i
n
g
a corner,
- ve
hi
c
l
es c
h
an
gi
n
g
l
ane at t
h
e
l
ast moment.
The re
g
ulation ran
g
e is limited to a maximum
difference of 20 mph
(
30 km/h
)
between the
s
peed settin
g
and the speed of the vehicle
ah
ea
d
.
Ab
ove t
hi
s, t
h
e s
y
stem
g
oes
i
nto pause
i
f
a
safe
d
i
s
t
a
n
ce
i
s
n
o
t m
a
int
a
in
ed
.
S
evere weather conditions
(
ver
y
heav
y
rain, accumulations o
f
snow in
f
ront
of
the radar
)
can inter
f
ere with the
o
peration o
f
the s
y
stem, resultin
g
in
the displa
y
of the messa
g
e "SYSTEM
I
NACTIVE: Visibilit
y
reduced". The
f
u
n
c
ti
o
n r
e
m
a
in
s
u
n
a
v
a
il
ab
l
e
u
ntil th
e
m
essa
g
e disappears.