Driving and parking, Driving systems – Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class 2013 Owners Manual User Manual

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the lane markings change quickly, e.g.
branch off, cross or merge.

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the road is narrow and winding.

Active Lane Keeping Assist cannot detect
road and traffic conditions. It is not a
substitute for attentive driving. You are
responsible for the vehicle's speed, braking in
good time and steering correctly. Always
adapt your driving style to suit the prevailing
road and weather conditions. Always pay
attention to traffic conditions and your
surroundings. Otherwise, you may fail to
recognize dangers in time, cause an accident
and injure yourself and others.

General notes

Active Lane Keeping Assist monitors the area
in front of your vehicle by means of a
camera : at the top of the windshield. Active
Lane Keeping Assist detects lane markings on
the road and warns you before you leave your
lane unintentionally. If you do not react to the
warning, a lane-correcting application of the
brakes can bring the vehicle back into the
original lane.
If you have selected

km

as the display unit in

the

Display Unit Speed-/

Odometer

(

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page 220) function in the on-

board computer, Active Lane Keeping Assist
assists you at speeds above 60 km/h. If

miles

is selected as the display unit, the

assistance range starts at 40 mph.

Warning vibration in the steering wheel
A warning may be given if a front wheel
passes over a lane marking. It will warn you
by means of intermittent vibration in the
steering wheel for up to 1.5 seconds.
In order that you are warned only when
necessary and in good time if you cross the
lane marking, the system recognizes certain
conditions and warns you accordingly.
The warning vibration occurs earlier if:

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you approach the outer lane marking on a
bend.

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the road has very wide lanes, e.g. a
freeway.

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the system recognizes solid lane markings.

The warning vibration occurs later if:

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the road has narrow lanes.

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you cut the corner on a bend.

Lane-correcting brake application

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WARNING

Active Lane Keeping Assist does not keep
your vehicle in its lane. It is only an aid
designed to assist driving. It is not a substitute
for attentive driving. In some cases, the lane-
correcting brake application is not sufficient
to bring your vehicle back to the original lane.
In such cases, you must steer the vehicle
yourself to ensure that it does not leave the
lane.
Active Lane Keeping Assist does not detect
road and traffic conditions. Always make sure
that there is sufficient distance to the side for
other traffic or obstacles. In rare cases,
unclear markings or particular structures on
the roadway can be recognized as solid lane
markings. An inappropriate brake application,
e.g. after intentionally driving over a solid lane
marking, may be interrupted at any time by
steering slightly in the opposite direction.
Active Lane Keeping Assist cannot take
weather conditions into account.
You are responsible for the driving at
appropriate speeds, braking in good time, and
steering correctly. Always adapt your driving

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