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Driving
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Blind spot monitoring system
A warning lamp appears in the door mirror on
the side in question:
- immediately, when being overtaken,
-
after a delay of about one second, when
overtaking a vehicle slowly.
This driving assistance system warns the driver
of the presence of another vehicle in the blind
spot angle of their vehicle (areas masked from
the driver's field of vision), as soon as this
presents a potential danger.
The alert is given by a warning lamp which
comes on in the door mirror on the side in
question as soon as a vehicle - car, lorry,
bicycle - is detected and the following
conditions are fulfilled:
- all the vehicles must be moving in the
same direction and on adjacent lanes,
- the speed of your vehicle is between 7 and
87 mph (12 and 140 km/h),
- when you overtake a vehicle with a speed
difference of less than 6 mph (10 km/h),
- when a vehicle overtakes you with a speed
difference of less than 15 mph (25 km/h),
- the traffic must be flowing normally,
-
in the case of an overtaking manoeuvre,
if this is prolonged and the vehicle being
overtaken returns to the blind spot,
-
you are driving on a straight or slightly
curved road,
- your vehicle is not pulling a trailer, a
caravan...
This system is designed to improve
safety when driving and is in no
circumstances a substitute for the use
of the interior rear view mirror and door
mirrors. It is the driver's responsibility to
constantly check the traffic, to assess
the distances and relative speeds
of other vehicles and to predict their
movements before deciding whether to
change lane.
The blind spot sensor system does not
replace the need for vigilance on the
part of the driver.
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