Mercedes-Benz CL-Class 2007 - Manual (Page 443)

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Controls in detail
Driving systems
1 Yellow and blue guide lines for vehicle
width
2 Yellow 13 ft (4 m) guide line
3 Yellow 39 in (1 m) guide line
4 Red 10 in (0.25 m) guide line
The red 10 in (0.25 m) guide line 4, the
yellow 39 in (1 m) guide line 3 and the
yellow 13 ft (4 m) guide line 2 correspond
to the relevant distance from the rear of
the vehicle. The yellow and blue guide lines
for vehicle width
1 show the required
width for the vehicle.
5 Blue guide lines for straight driving
6 Symbol for “reverse parking”
7 Yellow and red guide lines for cornering
When you turn the steering wheel out of
the straight-ahead position, the positions
of the yellow and red guide lines
7
change depending on the steering wheel’s
position. The space required by the vehicle
for reverse cornering is indicated by yellow
and red guide lines
7.
Warning!
G
Please note that objects which do not touch
the ground, such as the bumper of a vehicle
parked behind you, a trailer hitch, or the
back of a truck, may appear to be further
away than they actually are. In this case, you
should not use the guide lines to judge dis-
tance as the use of the guide lines to judge
distance increases the risk of impacting the
objects.
Even when the object you approach is di-
rectly on the ground (and nothing on the ob-
ject extends above the ground beyond the
object’s contours directly touching the
ground) and no objects that do not touch
the ground, such as the bumper of a vehicle
parked behind you, a trailer hitch, or the
back of a truck are in the path, do not ap-
proach the object on the ground any closer
than red guide line 4.