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CONTROLS AND INSTRUMENTS
Blind Spot Monitor (BSM)
The blind spot monitor (BSM) is a system that assists the driver to confirm areas to the
rear on the sides when changing lanes. This system uses radar sensors to detect the
existence of vehicles following in adjacent lanes and informs the driver with the blind
spot indicator on the outside rearview mirror.
WARNING
• The driver is responsible for safe driving. Always visually check the surrounding
area to be safe when driving the vehicle.
• The BSM is a system that assists the driver to confirm areas to the rear on the
sides when changing lanes. To rely entirely on the system may cause a serious
accident.
Because the system may not operate depending on the situation,
always visually check areas to the rear on the sides and other surrounding areas
for safety when driving the vehicle.
• The sensors may not detect or may find it difficult to detect the following objects.
- Small-sized motorcycles, bicycles, and pedestrians
- Vehicles whose shapes do not effectively reflect the radar waves (sports cars
etc.)
- Stationary objects on roads or the sides of roads
- Oncoming vehicles
- Vehicles following in the same lane as your vehicle
- Vehicles driving 2 lanes away
- Vehicles in the adjacent lane while your vehicle is about to overtake
- Vehicles driving at a very different speed than your vehicle
- Vehicles that are a short distance from your vehicle
- Vehicles that are in the detection area (proximity area), but do not approach
your vehicle (the system judges that a vehicle is approaching based on the
detection data of the sensors)
- Vehicles in the detection area (blind spot area) that are driving at
approximately the same speed as your vehicle for a long time
- Vehicles that remain in the detection area when your vehicle starts from a full
stop
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