CITROEN C4 PICASSO - Page 183

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4
Driving
The chan
g
e
f
rom one level o
f
alert
to the next takes place i
f
the driving
c
onditions do not chan
g
e
(
speed
u
nchan
g
ed, no chan
g
e of lane...
)
S
evere weather conditions
(
ver
y
heav
y
rain, accumulation o
f
snow in
f
ront
o
f
the radar
)
ma
y
inter
f
ere with the
operation of the s
y
stem, resultin
g
in
the displa
y
of the messa
g
e " S
y
stem
inactive: Reduced visibilit
y
". Th
e
sy
stem remains unavailable until the
messa
g
e
di
sappears.
I
f
the speed o
f
your vehicle is too high
when approachin
g
another vehicle, the
first level of alert ma
y
not be displa
y
ed:
the level
2
alert ma
y
be displa
y
ed
directl
y
.
On the other hand
,
the level 1 alert
i
s never
di
sp
l
a
y
e
d
w
i
t
h
t
h
e tr
igg
er
i
n
g
threshold 3
(
close
)
.
Alerts
A
ccor
di
n
g
to t
h
e co
lli
s
i
on r
i
s
k
d
etecte
d
by
t
h
e
sy
stem an
d
t
h
e a
l
ert t
h
res
h
o
ld
c
h
osen, t
h
ree
levels o
f
alert can be triggered:
L
evel
1
: visual alert onl
y
(
oran
g
e
)
i
ndicatin
g
that the vehicle in front is
ver
y
close. The messa
g
e "
V
ehicle
c
los
e
" is displa
y
ed.
L
evel
2
: visual
(
red
)
and audible
al
erts
i
n
di
cat
i
n
g
t
h
at a co
lli
s
i
on
i
s
i
mminent. The message "Brake
!
" i
s
displa
y
ed.
Thi
s
l
e
v
e
l
o
f
a
l
e
rt i
s
based
o
n th
e
int
e
r-v
e
hi
c
l
e
time between
y
our vehicle and the one in
f
ront.
Thi
s
l
e
v
e
l
o
f
a
l
e
rt i
s
based
o
n
a
tim
e
be
f
o
r
e
co
lli
s
i
o
n. It t
a
k
es
accou
nt
o
f th
e
v
e
hi
c
l
e
d
y
namics, the speed of
y
our vehicle and
the speed o
f
the vehicle in
f
ront, the drivin
g
c
on
di
t
i
ons, t
h
e s
i
tuat
i
on w
i
t
h
y
our ve
hi
c
l
e
(
cornerin
g
, pedals pressed, etc.
)
to tri
gg
er the
alert at the right moment.
Level
3
:
a
n
i
n
c
r
ease
i
n
th
e
t
e
n
s
i
o
n
of
th
e
d
riv
e
r'
s
s
eat belt, to hold the driver
a
g
ainst the backrest o
f
thei
r
sea
t.
The
3
r
d
level o
f
alert is not triggered o
r
is interrupted in the event o
f
an impact
be
tw
ee
n th
e
tw
o
v
e
hi
c
l
es
.
Th
e
in
c
r
ease
in th
e
t
e
n
s
i
o
n
o
f th
e
d
riv
e
r'
s
sea
t
be
lt i
s
n
o
t int
e
n
ded
as
a
n
a
lert for the driver: it does not in an
y
c
ir
cu
m
s
t
a
n
ces
assu
r
e
th
e
fu
n
c
ti
o
n
of
driver sa
f
et
y
.
The tri
gg
erin
g
o
f
this alert does not act
on the sa
f
ety
f
unctions provided by the
sea
t
be
lt
s
.